Laptop has a White Screen

My laptop has a bright white screen when turned on. It works when I connect it to an external monitor. I have already tried reseating the flex cable on both ends. Any ideas on what the problem might be?

 

yeah most likely to have it set to display on external monitor only

play aroudn with the settings as knoc said, usually fn f5/f7?

alternatively, have it plugged into the monitor, and change the settings there =)

 

lucky for you it aint blue -clapclap

 

well unless its a mac with a white screen... that ain't much better =P

 

according to reno your problem seems to be that you have bought a mac. -^_^ haha

 

nah, if it still shows up on the external monitor, means theres no prob =P

friends mac just gave a white screen lol
very pricey to fix heheheh

all cos he dropped it lol

 

jsut say it didnt start up anymore haha.

i told asus it doesnt work no more. they didnt even ask if i dropped it. which i did .

 

Tried that, that was how I got it working on an external monitor.

Yes, it worked, it jus turned all white one day.

Yes, tried that. Multiple times.

HP Pavilion ze4400, I know it's old.

 

I have played with the settings, I'm sure it's a hardware problem and not a software problem. You don't even see it booting when it turns on. It's just bright white, which means that the lcd backlight is still working.

 

could be the monitor is broken. dunno what else to say.

 

It might be, but I wanted to see what else it might be, maybe a part I can replace. I'm not convinced that the lcd is broken.

 

Probably the flex cables are damaged (microscopic lesions?).

 

might have tore the cord on the inside if you droped it or something

 

I will probably try to replace the flex cable. The laptop was not dropped.