robojiannis
March 21st, 2009, 12:44 PM
I'm having a very strange problem and don't know if its a hardware issue or pure coincidence.
I had my laptop connected to an external monitor and was working on both screens. When I shut down the pc, I forgot to deactivate the external monitor.
Since then, my laptop monitor is always blank, from the very beginning of the boot process (I don't see any bios info, logo, etc) slight dimmed.
When I have an external monitor connected to the laptop everything works fine, apart from the laptop screen, which remains black.
Does anybody know if this is a hardware issue or a software problem I have oversighted?
PS.
I tried logging in to windows, Safe Mode, live CD and the problem is still there.
I have a Samsung Q45 with an Nvidia GeForce 8400 and nvidia 180.25 driver, running Ubuntu Intrepid.
Oh, and neither ubuntu nor windows recognise the laptop monitor; the see only the attached screen !
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm feeling kinda lost here :confused:
I had my laptop connected to an external monitor and was working on both screens. When I shut down the pc, I forgot to deactivate the external monitor.
Since then, my laptop monitor is always blank, from the very beginning of the boot process (I don't see any bios info, logo, etc) slight dimmed.
When I have an external monitor connected to the laptop everything works fine, apart from the laptop screen, which remains black.
Does anybody know if this is a hardware issue or a software problem I have oversighted?
PS.
I tried logging in to windows, Safe Mode, live CD and the problem is still there.
I have a Samsung Q45 with an Nvidia GeForce 8400 and nvidia 180.25 driver, running Ubuntu Intrepid.
Oh, and neither ubuntu nor windows recognise the laptop monitor; the see only the attached screen !
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm feeling kinda lost here :confused: