5793 Display Problem

[Trencher]

I recently had my Sager 5793 hooked up to my 47 inch LCD TV via a DVI to HDMI cord for about a month. Now I am on the road and after I turned it on for the first time since leaving home the laptop screen is black. I can still see the image on the monitor by holding a lamp up to it. I have tried the function keys for brightness and also the one marked LCD but with no success. I installed the latest Nvidia driver but that didn't work either. I tried a hard boot with no luck either.

I opened the Nvidia control panel to see if it still thought it was connected to my LCD TV but it was only listing the laptop display.

I just sent it back a couple months ago and the motherboard was replaced.

This laptop has Windows 7 and the Nvidia 9800GTX on it. Any solutions?

[Maverick494]

I recently had my Sager 5793 hooked up to my 47 inch LCD TV via a DVI to HDMI cord for about a month. Now I am on the road and after I turned it on for the first time since leaving home the laptop screen is black. I can still see the image on the monitor by holding a lamp up to it. I have tried the function keys for brightness and also the one marked LCD but with no success. I installed the latest Nvidia driver but that didn't work either. I tried a hard boot with no luck either.

I opened the Nvidia control panel to see if it still thought it was connected to my LCD TV but it was only listing the laptop display.

I just sent it back a couple months ago and the motherboard was replaced.

This laptop has Windows 7 and the Nvidia 9800GTX on it. Any solutions?

Well you could open the machine up and verify the connection of the screen to the motherboard didn't come out. Barring that it sounds to me like your LCD's backlight is dead. Which means it probably needs replacing, unless you are brave enough to try and replace it yourself.

[Trencher]

Well you could open the machine up and verify the connection of the screen to the motherboard didn't come out. Barring that it sounds to me like your LCD's backlight is dead. Which means it probably needs replacing, unless you are brave enough to try and replace it yourself.


I was afraid of that! I am not quite that brave but there is a guy around the corner from me where I am staying in New York where I might get that done.

:eek:

[Krassh]

I am putting money on your inverter for the LCD being bad.

[Maverick494]

I am putting money on your inverter for the LCD being bad.

I would agree, IF there was no display at all from the LCD. Since hold a light up to the screen shows an image perfectly fine it is more likely the backlight.