I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 Laptop that was having problems with the display. Would boot up fine until the Windows XP Logo, then would get a blank screen. I replaced the video card, and all was well for several days, until the following:
On startup, got boot display and a blue bar at the top that said Dell. It then went blank but seemed to have some illumination in it. After 30 secs, it lost the illumination and went dark. It appeared that the display did not work when operated by Windows. First time this happened, I was able to resolve it with a reboot. Then the next day couldn't get it to work again.
I'm really stumped as to what to do at this point. Would hate to replace the card again only to have the same thing happen. As always, any advice from the experts in here would be greatly appreciated.
On startup, got boot display and a blue bar at the top that said Dell. It then went blank but seemed to have some illumination in it. After 30 secs, it lost the illumination and went dark. It appeared that the display did not work when operated by Windows. First time this happened, I was able to resolve it with a reboot. Then the next day couldn't get it to work again.
I'm really stumped as to what to do at this point. Would hate to replace the card again only to have the same thing happen. As always, any advice from the experts in here would be greatly appreciated.