Need Help from computer-knowledgable people

[windandwater]

I tried to turn on Solo this morning to check e-mail and stuff before school. And nothing happened. Actually, I think it's some sort of display problem, because when you hit the power button, the little Microsoft logo pops up, it looks like everything is fine, but nothing shows up on the screen. It stays that strange lit up black color. No blue screen of death. Nothing.

The damndest thing is that my computer is loading normally except for nothing showing up on the laptop screen. My start up sound plays. I even fiddled around blindly and I could bring up a fucking Microsoft Word document. I know this because the little dog helper thing barked at me (I detest Clippy).

I can even hit the Windows button on the keyboard, bring up the task menu, and restart the laptop. Yes, I know how to do all this from memorization of keystrokes.

I tried restarting. I tried hitting the power button again to force the lapotop to hibernate. I even *cringe* unplugged and pulled out the battery to force the laptop to stop working. Nothing works and nothing pops up on the screen.

And yes, I hit F9 during start up to try to fix it, but while THAT screen pops up, my desktop won't.

Please help me?

Oh... I'm running Windows XP. I also have AOL 9.0 installed. And Solo is a Sony Viao laptop.

I can't live without Solo! All my work is on him! And no internet!

Comments

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Through the hinges?

*makes sure to remember this*

I'm going to see if I can't fix it tonight. If it's still acting screwy, I'm taking Solo with me to school tomorrow, and see if the Technology Department can help me out, or if they have a screen I can use.

And barring that, I'll have to go to Comp USA or something over the weekend.

*wince*

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

Well, do your best to test it before breaking down and buying a monitor, because it's highly unusual for the screen to work through part of the boot-up process and then quit, if that's what the problem is. You didn't by any chance mess with the screen resolution, did you? I remember an incident once where the screen resolution had been changed to something the screen couldn't actually handle and the video disappeared something like you're talking about. *gnaws lip* It was a desktop though, and I don't know if a laptop would do that.
If it's still under warranty, you should be able to call the Sony tech support and they can walk you through some stuff on the phone.
And at least if it's booting up, you know your data is ok! That's the important part! *grin*

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm going to try everything I can think of doing before I buy a monitor. I don't exactly have the cash to throw around for that. >_<;

And I didn't do anything to the resolution. I had been using the laptop regularly and shut it down right. I just tried to turn it on and... nothing.

And yes, I'm SO glad that I know my data is okay. I have WAY too many important things on Solo to lose everything.

*hugs* Thanks so much!