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canetoad

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2. Do you have

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 07:43 PM

May 2024

Or can you borrow a monitor and a VGA (the blue plug) lead?

I'd be testing the laptop with an external monitor to see if the same behaviour happened. Right now, I'm thinking one of two things -
1. Your laptop screen is borked
2. Your graphics processor is buggered. Maybe it's onboard ie built into the motherboard, or it's a dedicted GPU (graphics processing unit).

Either way, if you can get an external monitor working, that sort of rules out the GPU going bad and you can almost back it in that the laptop screen is faulty.

On edit: Have a look at this link and see if you can find anything useful. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fix-windows-10-screen-flashing-problem/

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Halp again! - late today, first Startup, Chrome opens then cursor inoperative and [View all] UTUSN May 2024 OP

Opened up again, briefly. Was able to get a Scan done UTUSN May 2024 #1

Do you have canetoad May 2024 #2

Thanks. Right now On, was looking for Bing instead of Chrome UTUSN May 2024 #3

Zowie FOR NOW. Am in Chrome, typing on the laptop, "normal" FOR NOW! UTUSN May 2024 #4

Thanks again. So far so good maybe Airplane off. Looked at your !link and UTUSN May 2024 #5

Morning after, so far so good. Maybe it was the Airplane or a cyber attack. UTUSN May 2024 #6