Does it work on an external monitor? Can you see a faint image when you look at the screen in an angle? How did it die anyway?

Yes the video card is fine and I can see a faint image. As I said before i replaced the inverter board and the bulb and still nothing.

I'd say the replacement inverter is dead or the video chip driving the inverter has been struck also. Repacement CCFL's don't die that easily unless broken. CCFL wiring is pretty simple, small soldering job. Measured the CCFL leads for bad contacts?

Case you have an high voltage meter (0-5000 Volts), try to measure the inverter output. Be careful though.

That's what I thought so I ordered a second inverter board from a different company and still nothing. I spoke to the customer about how this happened and she informed me (described to me) that she saw a large spark in the wall outlet. I figured an ark hit it.

Thanks

Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your laptop?? Im having the same problem all i can see is the mouse and my screen saver !!

I have a Toshiba Satellite A215. Yesterday the screen went black during shutdown and computer did not switch off. I switched it off manually by holding the power button down. The monitor would not switch on after that and the computer would not enter the boot sequence. After reading this thread I tried removing the battery and holding the power button down for 60 seconds. This seems to have fixed the problem and the computer switches off and on just fine.

Thanks for the great suggestion and post!

Is this a sign of things to come? This has me a little worried about the remaining life of my machine. It is about 3 years old.

hi my problem is that it switches on and off with the screen remaining black. the i pressed ctrl alt del and the it remains switched on but the screen is still black. i tried that 60 sec fix but it still is black screen.

any ideas?

My Toshiba laptop decided that today was the day it was going to play up.
I turned it on today and the screen was black and I thought it just wasn't turning on, then realised I could still see the screen behind it. I restarted it a few times and it didn't work.
However, it's not jsut staying black anymore. It will start up full colour, then a few seconds in it will drop back to black.
I tried doing what has been said here, but I don't think it's working or I'm just not doing it right.
Can someone please give any other options in what to do?
I don't reallly want to take it to anyone because of the prices, and I need it right now for an assignment. >.>

help please someone, my laptop acer 2410 first started flickering but when i pushed the screen or moved it, it stopped flickering and worked but it coming back an i repeated the process and sometimes turned it off an it would work. now its gone black screen an nothing i do can fix it, everything else is working i can hear windows starting and and can also hear the sound. i can just about make out the icons whats the screen but have to flash a light on the screen an look really carefully as the screen is black screen. the root of this problem has started from my hinges and laptop cover breaking but no damage to laptop. or what moniter is compatible with acer travelmate 2410 tried my pc moniter but says not compatible and no signal . can anyone help please. thankyou

i recently got a friend to upgrade my home pc, they changed my ram from 256mb ( i think) to 2gb on a e machine base unit with 40 gb hard drive, wireless card (new up grade) and this no signal sign came up on the moniter. put the old 256 mb back still didnt work. really need help as essay and exam time an no pc in house and work saved can ayone tell me the problem please thank you

Here's a new one...put a new inverter in and thought it didn't work, but with a bright light or flashlight you can see the start-up screen. After logging on with a user id, and using fn+f8, lights up just fine. Any ideas??