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On Jan 30, 8:47 am, "- Bobb -" wrote:
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On Jan 29, 7:53 am, "BillW50" wrote:



I picked up aCompaqPresario 1200 Laptop that someone threw out.

http://www.amazon.com/Compaq-Presari...Pentium/dp/B00...

It seems to work ok, except that there are stationary horizontal lines
going across the screen. I was told that possibly some of the wiring
that connects to the LCD rows on the screen have become damaged.(I'll
send pics if anyone wants to see).

The question is if something like this is worth repairing. Would
getting another screen help, or perhaps I can get the wiring out of
another dead laptop.

Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Unfortunately, the desktop monitor doesn't any receive signals at all
from the laptop.(I'm assuming that all I had to do was plug the
monitor cable into the rear 15 pin connector).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Darren,
first - send message to BOTH newsgroups. ( As I did) I replied the other
day to another message of yours of HOW to fix it elsewhere - no need for
duplication.

To get the external video enabled it varies by model, but LOOK at the
laptop keyboard. ( you should download the manual from Compaq) You'll see
a key ( F4 ??) that has a picture of 2 displays on it. If you hold hold
the Fn key and tap "THAT" key, it toggles from
Laptop
External
Both
then loops again.
That's how to get the signal to the external monitor.

Squeezing the edges of the screen did nothing to change the existence
or location of the horizontal lines.

So a loose/bad connection is not the quick fix.


There is no "Fn" key on the keyboard. ?!?


I don't have one of those in front of me ... if no Fn key ... Have you tried
configuring an external display by right-clicking the Windows desktop or
background and selecting Properties from the menu list. See if External monitor
is a choice there.

Get YOUR particular model number and search at hp.com
(- look ON the pc ( a presario1200 returns about 200 hits - needs more specfic
info)

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...311464&lang=en


And I downloaded the five manuals he
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...101&la ng=en&

I clicked on that link and what you see there means:
" no specfic info on your model, but the links below are generic and MAY help
you."
They are there for every model. don't bother with them


But I've gotten no where as far as finding out how to use an external
display, or taking it apart to install a new inverter. :-(

see above