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Originally Posted by calumniate
I feel pretty silly now after ripping it apart numerous times, lol
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Lesson to all troubleshooters - start at the source of the problem, and work backwards - the monitor didn't display anything, yet everything else had power, the BIOS was generating a single beep, the hard drive light was showing activity, USB devices initialized, etc - odds of it being the motherboard, battery, power supply, etc, were close to nil based on symptoms presented.
And a tip on troubleshooting no display issues - if the screen is dark, but its got power and the power light on the display comes up, it can be the backlight having burnt out, which is fiendishly difficult to troubleshoot the first time it happens to you. Shine a flashlight onto the screen at an angle, or angle the panel up to a bright ambient light source, and you can see the actual LCD portion of the panel working correctly.