Hello all,
X1010CA model (Canadian X1000).
Couple months ago, I started getting the dreaded black screen on power up.. and the occasional freeze whilst in Windows (with the horizontal lines). The press-down-on-67y-keys fixed this for a while. Last week it (vid card I guessed) killed itself. Black screen on power up, even after applying pressure to 67y area.
I pulled the vid card out, it didn't look warped in anyway... so I went and bought another Radeon 32m card anyway.
Received it today, stuck it in, and still a black screen on power up.
What could the problem be? I bought the VC from laptoktek (or w/e) off eBay. Read one post where the user got his DOA. So I know the new card being DOA is possible. Just wondering if there's anything else really.
Whenever I power it up, the cd-rom clicks every 2-3 secs, non-stop. The 5-sec power button shutdown still works.
Ideas anyone?
X1010CA model (Canadian X1000).
Couple months ago, I started getting the dreaded black screen on power up.. and the occasional freeze whilst in Windows (with the horizontal lines). The press-down-on-67y-keys fixed this for a while. Last week it (vid card I guessed) killed itself. Black screen on power up, even after applying pressure to 67y area.
I pulled the vid card out, it didn't look warped in anyway... so I went and bought another Radeon 32m card anyway.
Received it today, stuck it in, and still a black screen on power up.
What could the problem be? I bought the VC from laptoktek (or w/e) off eBay. Read one post where the user got his DOA. So I know the new card being DOA is possible. Just wondering if there's anything else really.
Whenever I power it up, the cd-rom clicks every 2-3 secs, non-stop. The 5-sec power button shutdown still works.
Ideas anyone?