Inspiron Display Issues

aggiestudd07

aggiestudd07

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I just formatted my older Inspiron 8500 to breathe some life back into it, but I have been having some display problems for the past 6 months that I was hoping would be solved by formatting. However, the problem seems to have gotten worse.

Previously, the monitor was blank (outputting only to the VGA port on the rear panel) until the window's welcome screen and then it would switch back to the built-in display.

Currently (since I formatted), there is zero video on the primary display at any time, it will only display to the VGA output and a secondary monitor.

Here is what I have done or tried:
Settings in the BIOS (no options existed for this issue)
Flashed BIOS
Reformatted and reinstalled all updated drivers
Flashed Video BIOS
Played with settings in properties under Windows

Here is my Laptop:
Dell Inspiron 8500 (Summer 03)
P4 2.6GHz (non-HT)
512 MB Ram
30GB HDD
GeForce Go 4200 Mobile

I would appreciate any advice or help that you guys can offer since this thing is a little out of warranty :rolleyes:
 
aggiestudd07 said:
I just formatted my older Inspiron 8500 to breathe some life back into it, but I have been having some display problems for the past 6 months that I was hoping would be solved by formatting. However, the problem seems to have gotten worse.

Previously, the monitor was blank (outputting only to the VGA port on the rear panel) until the window's welcome screen and then it would switch back to the built-in display.

Currently (since I formatted), there is zero video on the primary display at any time, it will only display to the VGA output and a secondary monitor.

Here is what I have done or tried:
Settings in the BIOS (no options existed for this issue)
Flashed BIOS
Reformatted and reinstalled all updated drivers
Flashed Video BIOS
Played with settings in properties under Windows

Here is my Laptop:
Dell Inspiron 8500 (Summer 03)
P4 2.6GHz (non-HT)
512 MB Ram
30GB HDD
GeForce Go 4200 Mobile

I would appreciate any advice or help that you guys can offer since this thing is a little out of warranty :rolleyes:
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One thing; are you booting with the external display attached? If so try booting without it. If it dosn't post without the external display attached, then it is most likely junk.

Sorry, but these things don't last as long as they used to.

Dave
 
there is no problem posting or loading, the only problem is the display not working.

I have tried with and without the external monitor plugged in, and in all cases I have tried the Fn + CRT/LCD key to try to redirect to the display
 
There should be a key combination to change between monitors, find it.
 
i already tried it, it doesnt do anything except make the secondary monitor flash briefly
 
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