Paging Lipps..... I need to fix my notebook.....

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Here&#x27;s how it broke....I&#x27;m sitting in a coffee shop, using the internet since mine was down at the time.... I end my session, close the screen, and strap it down in my padded notebook case. I drive less than a mile home, unpack it, open it up, and wala..... no image on my monitor. I can, however, hook it up to my TV via the s-video out cable, and still use it fine. Just kinda hard to sit 3ft away from a 61" monitor. I&#x27;m asuming this is a hardware issue, with perhaps the plug from the monitor to the board? I wouldn&#x27;t imagine it being the graphics card, since I can still use it properly with the s-video output, right? Do I just need to get into it, and make sure shit is connected and whatnot? Let me know what you think. Thanks

hoopsstar22 · Answer

Here&#x27;s how it broke....I&#x27;m sitting in a coffee shop, using the internet since mine was down at the time.... I end my session, close the screen, and strap it down in my padded notebook case. I drive less than a mile home, unpack it, open it up, and wala..... no image on my monitor. I can, however, hook it up to my TV via the s-video out cable, and still use it fine. Just kinda hard to sit 3ft away from a 61" monitor. I&#x27;m asuming this is a hardware issue, with perhaps the plug from the monitor to the board? I wouldn&#x27;t imagine it being the graphics card, since I can still use it properly with the s-video output, right? Do I just need to get into it, and make sure shit is connected and whatnot? Let me know what you think. Thanks

hoopsstar22 · Answer

Well Lipps, I&#x27;m under the assumption that the backlight has gone out, and HP probably doesn&#x27;t use a monitor with a replaceable one.. I can still see the screen, but on a scale of 1-100, Id say about a 2. I got the monitor part torn off, and all the wires seemed connected just fine. I assume its time to start looking for a new one? This is 3.5 years old.

Lippsman · Answer

You could replace the light/lcd. But honestly with a laptop that old it most likely isn&#x27;t worth it. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;What is the exact make and model

hoopsstar22 · Answer

For shits and giggles, its a Pavilion dv4000.

But i do think that its a better idea to get a new one, than try and fuck around with this one much longer. Its been ransacked by virus and porno after porno, so its really getting to the annoying part.

Its into the phase now that it will shut down when it starts to over heat, which is pretty regularly. I did get one of those Targus notebook fans, which is very sweet, and that really helped the situation out, and made having it on my lap easy to use, without burning me.

The woman has one that's almost the exact same, just the "special edition" version. For some reason she isn't into the pron category as much, and that thing runs like a champ, so I'll probably just matriculate over to that machine, and then eventually onto a Mac.

Lippsman · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Yep, you would better served by putting your money into a new one.  It just wouldn&#x27;t be worth it.

Paging Lipps..... I need to fix my notebook.....

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