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lastlib

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8. Define "video screwed up", pls.

Sun May 6, 2018, 06:25 PM

May 2018

Do you get anything on the screen at all when you boot up? Or a flaw in the display?

I had a Dell laptop that developed a video display problem (no display at all); it was a simple fix--a new display inverter ($15 maybe on e-Bay), pull the screen frame off, disconnect the old inverter, reconnect the new, replace frame, done. A friend of mine had a Dell that had a dead display; I replaced his screen, another easy fix.
These were hardware fixes. Software issues can be more complicated. You would have to give us more info to resolve something like that.

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I have two dell computers...one got stuff spilled into the keyboard [View all] angstlessk May 2018 OP

1st question. Are they laptops? Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #1

Both are laptops angstlessk May 2018 #3

If the computer won't turn on, you'll need to get the hard drive out of it. earthshine May 2018 #2

The one with the messed up video does turn on angstlessk May 2018 #4

So, copy your files out to a flash drive, then copy the flash drive to the new computer. earthshine May 2018 #5

Swap hard drives. marble falls May 2018 #6

do you mean just a video? or the entire operating system? Dell makes you buy a new windows key. Sunlei May 2018 #7

Define "video screwed up", pls. lastlib May 2018 #8

You need to be a bit clearer, as others are saying. Denzil_DC May 2018 #9