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Subject: Re: Help! Vivante XL has no display

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Amy

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Date Posted: 17:18:11 01/31/00 Mon
In reply to: Trent 's message, "Re: Help! Vivante XL has no display" on 22:58:09 01/26/00 Wed

Thank you Trent, I will probably take it to a local place. At least now I have a few ideas what might be wrong.
Amy

> > > > My Vivante XL has no display, and I don't think
> > it's
> > > > even booting. Could this be a CMOS battery
> > problem?
> > > > I was using the power supply, it seemed like it
> was
> > > > going to boot, but after a minute or so the
> screen
> > > was
> > > > still blank. Anyone have any suggestions?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Amy
> > >
> > > Does the disk drive make the usual noises?
> > > Could it be that the display is set to external
> > output?
> > >
> > > bkr
> >
> > The DVD drive comes on, and so does the fan, but I am
> > not sure that the hard drive is spinning. I checked
> > the display settings, and I couldn't get it to
> display
> > on an external monitor either. I'm thinking maybe
> the
> > hard drive is dead, or the connection is loose.
> > Anyone have any ideas? SHould I try to fix this
> > myself, or should I take it somewhere?
> > Thanks for your suggestion,
> > Amy
>
> Even if the hard drive was "dead", you would still get
> the BIOS screen. You can check to see if the hard
> drive is spinning by checking the lights on the side
> of the LCD. Your problem could be caused by several
> things:
> 1. computer doesn't see/recognize the RAM.
> Unfortunately one RAM module is located under the CPU
> which I don't recommend you try to get to. Its not
> that its hard, just a little delicate.
> 2. video card has died. You would need to replace the
> motherboard to fix this. The video card on notebooks
> are soldered onto the motherboard. (its actually just
> the video chips)
> 3. cpu could have come loose (not likely since its
> screwed in, but possible)
>
> Unless you computer is out of warranty or you have no
> desire to send it to ASE for service, I wouldn't
> recommend trying to fix it yourself. The only thing
> you could try doing your self is #1 & #3. If your
> computer is under warranty, try emailing or faxing ASE.
>
> Good luck.

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