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May 30th, 2006 03:00

Inspiron 5100 no video

I have an Inspiron 5100. It makes all the noises of booting up, proper lights, hard drive, etc....but no video either on the LCD or external monitor. I've heard this is a common problem on this unit, but can't find out much other than that. Anyone figured this out or a fix? I have a tiny soldering iron and I'm not afraid to use it!
Thanks in advance, you guys are great!
Brian
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    Posted May 30th, 2006 04:00

    Since there is no video on either the LED display or an external monitor, you next step is to finf out if the video card is replaceable on that model. If it isn't you may need to replace the system board.
    Documentation can be had by clicking the Notebook tab at the top of the page, selecting your model and goin from there.
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    Posted May 30th, 2006 09:00

    It is replaceable, and I've tried that to no avail. I'd suppose the used-but tested one i bought off of Ebay could also be bad but now i have no way to be sure......

    Brian

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    Posted May 30th, 2006 13:00

    I didn't know you had replaced your video card, or I probably would not  have responded.

    How does one fix a computer when he can't see what he is doing?

    Are you sure you got the right video card?

    We need to here from a smarter poster. I will watch his space. 

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