blank screen-nvidia chip burn or ????

[billniceguy]

I turn on computer and cannot get anything on screen.
2 months ago i bought used compaq presario v6000, amd turon 64x2 tech tl-52, motherboard 30B7, xp pro, 1.61 ghz, 1 gig ram. Graphic Display NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150.
It worked fine for a month then i got busy and it sat on desk for a month. Unfortunately i honestly do not remember if it had elec cable plugged in during the month or not.
I push the on button and it and 3 other lights turn on, after 20 seconds lights flash and can hear two sounds below dvd, then 20 seconds again. Nothing works.

I went to big NVIDIA chat room and many guys there had same problem or knew about it, and everyone says if it sat there for a month plugged in on a flat table, probably the fan was covered and the nvidia chip on the motherboard burned up, and cost to replace would cost more than the computer.

Anyone have a suggestion??? This site is the best tech site there is, so i hope someone can help. Anyone have the same motherboard for sale? Not much chance there. This is my only laptop, and would really like to fix it..HELP HELP HELP!!!! jON?

[ruleofnike69]

Well......I'm gonna suggest the obvious.

Check your vga connections. Double check your monitor to see that it is working properly.

[RicheemxX]

Unfortunately as mentioned the presario v6000 is a laptop so checking the vga connections is a bit tricky. Laptops really aren't end user friendly when it comes to trouble shooting. About the only thing you can do is try connecting a monitor to the vga output and see if you get anything there. That will at least rule out the lcd screen. Otherwise you are pretty limited.

[ruleofnike69]

Good call Rich..........was working on the fly........sometimes I forget that a laptop is still a computer........lol

Those motherboards do in fact have that problem.

About the only other thing I know to try is to pull the keyboard.......locate the video chip and try applying light pressure to the inductor coil directly beside the chip was it boots up.
if that coil is going....some light pressure will cause contact and the video will boot.

[RicheemxX]

Yeah I almost did the same thing, could figure how a cheap gpu would cost more than the whole machine until I spotted that last sentence with the laptop part.

[billniceguy]

thanks much for all your help..am ready to take apart to check out that nvidia

wish i could find another motherboard that would fit. The hard drive and the ram should still be ok, and i assume the cpu ok.

If i cant solve this problem, anyone know of an inexpensive laptop, especially one i can put some of these parts in.

Am on social security, so cheap laptop inportant. I paid $160. for this compac and i found out that 3 years ago it sold for $900.

any help appreciated, tnx, Bill in 100+ yuma