04-20-2012 08:00 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
04-20-2012 10:19 PM
04-20-2012 10:23 PM
dstrakele wrote:
From what I've seen in this forum, booting to a black screen is not a driver issue. It can be caused by :
1) a faulty video adapter
2) a faulty LVDS cable connection to the motherboard or faulty LVDS cable
3) wrong boot device (such as an attached USB drive or cell phone
4) a faulty display
5) some other strange electrical problem.
Sometiimes, this issue may be temporarily resolved by rebooting multiple times, manipulating or pressing on the laptop, changing the boot device in the BIOS, or disconnecting the offending peripheral.
Another temporary solution is to unplug the laptop, remove the battery and any connected peripheral devices (including any memory cards in the card reader, hold down the Power On Button for 30 seconds, then plug in the power adapter and start the system.
Some have resolved the issue by disassembling and reassembling their laptops, presumably correcting the bad connection or electrical short.
But I haven't read of a case where video driver installation permanently resolved a "boot to black screen" issue.
04-20-2012 10:26 PM
04-20-2012 10:37 PM
04-21-2012 01:16 AM
dstrakele wrote:
I can't eliminate the possibility of a software problem as the cause, but the simple act of rebooting the system after uninstalling a program or driver may be enough to temporarily fix the problem.
04-21-2012 06:34 AM