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Faulty Laptops Or Thick Operators?
affordmylife
Posts: 1,224 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Just took delivery of two laptops and cant get either to work.
Power is there but nothing on screen.
Make is Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3515
Are we really stupid or have we missed something obvious?
Please help.
Many thanks.
Power is there but nothing on screen.
Make is Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3515
Are we really stupid or have we missed something obvious?
Please help.
Many thanks.
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Switched them on?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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Err yes thanks
Power light is on just nothing on screen0 -
try removing batteryEver get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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Tried that anything else0
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New laptops?
do you have an external monitor to try? Fn + F5? cycles around the internal/external screen
do light come on/go off if you hold down on/off button for 6 secs?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
Yes new laptops - two of them - christmas presents for kids trying them out to check they work.
the second line in english please?0 -
do you have an external monitor for a pc? fn anf f5 are keys on keyboard, p11 of setup guideEver get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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Yes its power on by holding down button and then power off by the same process.
Only thing is no screen comes on.
We know there is power there cos you can here it and the light comes on.
Thanks for trying to help by the way it is most appreciated.0 -
affordmylife wrote: »Yes new laptops - two of them - christmas presents for kids trying them out to check they work.
the second line in english please?
Give them to the kids - they'll sort them in seconds :rotfl:
But seriously - What Albertross is saying is that laptops have an external connector to allow them to be connected to an external monitor ( usually a blue 15-pin VGA connector ) - have you tried plugging the laptops into an external monitor ( e.g one on a desktop PC ) ?
It may be that the default output is set to the VGA port and not to the internal laptop screen. Read the manual and see if there is a switch combination ( e.g. Fn + F5 ) which will cycle the output between the VGA port and the screen ?“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”0 -
Have you tried bending the screen bag a bit more than 90 degrees, sometimes the button that senses the screen being open gets stuckEver get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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