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If your computer turns on but the screen is staying dark or very dim, this video will help you identify the cause and how to fix it. If your issue turns out to be your RAM, refer to this video showing how to purchase the correct RAM for your computer; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtCzunl0AQA&t=9s
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FAQ’s:
Q: I was able to get it to display to an external monitor. But the other steps didn’t help and my computer screen still wont work.
A: If it displays to an external display, that means the issue is most likely the LCD Cable or the LCD itself. Try ‘reseating’ the cable first. That means, unplug it at both ends and plug it back in, making sure its not lose. If that fails to help, replace the Cable and the LCD one at a time.
Q: I tried the steps with no luck. Wasn’t the RAM and I couldn’t get the computer to display to an external monitor. What now?
A: If the steps in this video did not identify the issue and you could not get the computer to display to an external monitor, then your most likely looking at a motherboard issue. It should then be replaced. Let me know if you would like further assistance with that operation š
Related Video Links:
Video #1: Computer Wont Turn On Fix – https://youtu.be/P3I7dDpkJps
Video #2: Boot Loop / Computer Restarting Fix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edH-E_iKLvM&feature=youtu.be
Video #3: How to Buy The Correct RAM
Video #4: BIOS Reset Tutorial / CMOS Battery Access Video
How To Replace LCD & LCD Cable
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This video has been updated here: https://youtu.be/e9iy30J00-k
It was like blacked out but I flipped it over realising the ram is inside the computer I flip it back over and itās fine lol
Hey you still reply? If so can you help me with my problem which is my ONLY HALF SCREEN has done dark/dim, I tried that unplugging nd plugging back the display cable thing but still does worked-out well
Bro I try to check my ram and it still pitched black screen , even though I try to check my ram
I have acer aspire 3 i5 it was working well then now power light but there is no display becomes on and fan run only for few seconds the it stops
My pc is an old one 2011. It turns on but the display is way too dim/dark. But if light my phones flashlight to the screen I'm able to see although dim but I'm able to see what's on the screen.
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! i was doing a routine cleaning on my laptop and afterward the screen wouldn't even light, so i was trying to troubleshoot which led me down a rabbit hole of thinking it was some ribbon cable, where that ribbon cable was on my specific laptop (which i could never find) etc. and im using a $1K+ laptop so I'm super concerned that i may have broken it and would have to send it in. NOBODY said a thing about it possibly being ram, not even acer community. first video i watch suggests i check the ram, (which i had removed for cleaning and put back in) and I'm always gentle with the ram so i don't break it and waste a hundred bucks, so I remove, and snap back in the ram sticks with some confidence and lookey there, boots like freaking normal. nearly had a heart attack.
My computer crash abt three days ago after I updated. the computer will illuminate and I can turn up and down the brightness, and press the caps lock button and have the led indicator turn on, but the screen doesnāt display anything.
I'm having the same issue but with a lcd asus gaming monitor
Hey so I replaced both my lcd panel and cable… but still get nothing… however when I plug in my external monitor It shows… could it be the connector on the motherboard?…. also one more thing when I shine a light on the lcd panel I could see that it's getting power and showing something
With mine when I manage to put it on sleep and then turn it on from sleep the screen comes back to normal
Screen got so dim but when connecting to TV with HDMI cable , the display is looking good in the TV, but the screen is still black in the laptop, what can I do?
Thanks for the video, but nothing worked for me.
I have an old dell vostro 1720 which on startup seems to be ok, with full brightness, but after about 15 seconds goes dim near to blank; it's not turned off, just extremely dim, so much so that I need a flashlight to see what's going on.
I changed the CMOS battery, checked both sticks of RAM, same result (what are the chances of both sticks being bad? T_T). When plugged to another monitor via VGA cable, the image is transmitted ok.
When switching from external monitor back to laptop monitor, the image is normal for 15 seconds then goes max dim again. On multiple switches the same thing happens. A strange behavior I'm having is after a switch like this, if I move fast enough and get to manually decrease the screen brightness, then the screen doesn't dim, but afterwards if I increase it to max, after a couple of seconds it goes max dim again, after which the keyboard screen brightness keys have no effect anymore.
As a side note, the laptop's battery is dead and currently removed, the laptop is working just plugged in, but this shouldn't cause the screen dimming right?
Any suggestions?
Thanks š
Only one document the screen is partially dimmed out and I can't do anything. But it's fine on all other documents help.
Thanks this resolved but i lost 1100 taka
Iām trying to follow your videos, and theyāre very helpfulā¦ but the problem with mine is itās turning on and getting to the sign in screen but only the screensaver background is there, no option to sign in. The other thing that is sometimes happening is the blue screen of death. Please help me!!!
Sir i open laptop then I can see date and window's logo on screen but they are so much dim that until and unless you see it with focus you will not be able to see it…
Thanks a lot sor
Can't I do anything about this without opening my laptop ? š„²
Thanks brother you helped me alot
this is not what im looking for.i want the brightness on my screen to go fully black but here are no videos of it?!!!!!????!?
I am going to look into these suggestions, but my problem is slightly different.
I have a Lenovo U400 that turns on (lenovo logo), then hangs on a black screen for a long time (maybe 3ish minutes), before finally going to the windows 10 login screen and signing in. I just replaced the HDD with an SSD but the time it takes to boot is still almost identical to when the HDD was used. Would this be related to this video or another?
My asus laptop stopped working out of nowhere. I didn't install anything on it, it just stopped. It has been addicted to the battery for a while and only works plugged in, but now every time I turn it on "asus" appears and then āerror sending end of post message to me system haltā and does nothing. What can it be?
U just got this problem in my moms pc, i was watching your "Factory Reset Toturial"(idk if it was really yours). After i clicked it, it was fine until the loading was stuck at 19%. Im stupid sometimes so i force power off it(by holding the power button). It showed a something, but i clicked "Continue"(i dint really readed it carefully), after that its stuck in a black screen(Fully on), and now im screwed. Please help, if you dont understand please correct me.
My lcd turned on immediately I plugged an hdmi cable to the tv
hello i am having this issue with my hp pavilion x360 14 and am not sure whether it is a ram issue and i am also quite sceptical about opening up my laptop because it has its components more internal than other laptops and i do not want to accidentally break my laptop trying to unscrew it. could you provide any further help? besides recommending i take it to the shop, because i am away from home for another month
Thank you for the very informative video lots of help maybe now and in the future. Seriously though I didn't pay that much for this laptop maybe just buy a new one?
THANK YOU!! Will try and check this out š
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RAM problem
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I can see everything on my laptop screen but it's very dim, I have to be in a dark place to see it with a touch light
You're soo good
Hi there, i have a Acer Swift 1 which i couldn't turn on a week ago. Tried checking the battery and charger but didn't work. But earlier when i happened to power up, it turned on. Screen was quite dim & i thought i let it charge for awhile but minutes later screen went black. Googled for a RAM replacement but doesn't seems to be able to find one. What can do about it?
Mine works on external screen but its own screen is black
Hi ! My HP laptop is charging , it also power ONS and shows logo and shows home screen , everything is fine but the display is too dim that it is very hard to see anything . Brightness level is full but still the display is dim. Please help me what should I do in this case ??
For me when i press the power button i heard it beep, like usual, the drives are spinning. But the screen just stay completely black for 1-2 hours, when something finally show up it booted like normal.
Model: lenovo z50-70
So I just bought an IdeaCentre all in one Desktop and the screen is so dim I have to put a flashlight to it but when it starts up sometimes it flashes in a normal brightness. Is this a ram issue or lcd issue?
I recently got an Acer V3-771G in. The laptop gives display output and boots into windows. But the screen is very dim and brightness control doesn't work. I've tried in win 11 and Linux mint 20 from USB disk. Swapping RAM didn't work out and the CMOS also didn't. Laptop gives out display on external screen with HDMI with no problems. Tried on external PSU and battery. How do I troubleshoot further?
I reallyneed ur help bro its a complicated issue with me and theres a workaround by disabling the graphic driver in safe modeā¦.. is thereany way to contact u broššš
My laptop screen randomly flickers going dark and then lights up again. Could it be the connection issue? Thanks