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HP laptop – backlight problem

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My loptop boots ups fine…everything works…but after a few seconds….once windows has started….the backlights goes off….everything still appears to be on the screen…its just has no illumination….any help would be extreemely appreciated…

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Have you tried plugging into an external monitor?

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That will tell you pretty definitively if the laptop is having a screen issue or if a setting has gone haywire.

Let us know what happens.

yes….

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yes…i have tried plugging in an external monitor….but the problem persists….another strange thing is…only if i take the power cable out…and then plug it back in….before restarting…will the screen appear….if i restart…without taking the power cable out…and reinserting it…..the screen wouldnt appear…the computer would still load up properly….

if the power cable

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plugs in near the ribbon cable link which feeds the monitor, it sounds as though your ribbon cable is broken/faulted.

What model of laptop is it, Aasim?

GG

HP laptop

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its an hp omnibook XE3 gf series

same prob

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i have the same issue it seams like it should work and sometime it does for a few hours but the backlight seems to just shut off and not turn on so now i leave it hooked to a monitor

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