Only black screen with arrow after laptop boots
Problem description:
After the laptop boots up, all you get is a black screen with the arrow. You can move the arrow but nothing else appears on the screen. There is no background picture or icons.
Possible cause:
Software corruption.
Image on screen is very dark after laptop fell off the desk
Problem description:
The image on the screen is very dark after the laptop fell of the desk. You still can see the desktop background picture and icons if you look very closely but the screen has no light.
Possible cause:
1. Video cable got disconnected from the screen inverter board.
2. Damaged backlight lamp inside the LCD screen.
Laptop speaker makes crackling noise
Problem description:
One of the laptop speakers make crackling noise. Reinstalling the operating system and audio driver does not fix the problem.
Possible cause:
1. Failed laptop speaker.
2. Failed sound card.
Tags: Garbled sound
Laptop starts loading, gives blue screen error and reboots
Problem description:
The laptop starts loading Windows, gives a blue screen error and reboots by itself. On the next start the same problem occurs again.
Possible cause:
1. Software related failure.
2. Faulty memory module.
3. Faulty hard drive.
Sound stutters when laptop is moved or lifted
Problem description:
Sound stutters while playing an audio file from the laptop hard drive. The problem happens only when the laptop is moved or lifted.
Possible cause:
Hard drive protection is enabled.
Tags: Garbled sound
One laptop speaker does not work
Problem description:
One speaker in the laptop doesn’t work. The other speaker works properly.
Possible cause:
1. Problem with audio settings.
2. One speaker is bad.
Tags: Bad audio
Laptop has no sound from speakers but headphones work fine
Problem description:
The laptop has no sound coming from the internal speakers but headphones connected to the laptop audio jack work fine.
Possible cause:
1. Broken audio jack.
2. Bad speakers.
Tags: Bad audio
Horizontal flashing lines running across the image on laptop screen
Problem description:
There are horizontal flashing lines running across the laptop screen. The laptop starts fine and you still can see the picture, but there are flashing lines running across a part of the image.
Possible cause:
1. Video card failure.
2. Bad connection between video cable and LCD screen.
3. Bad LCD screen.
4. Faulty video cable.
No bootable device found or detected message when laptop starts
Problem description:
No bootable device found or detected message appears on the screen when laptop starts.
Possible cause:
1. Hard drive disconnected from motherboard.
2. Hard drive is blank.
3. Failed hard drive.
4. Motherboard failure.
Tags: Hard drive failure, Laptop doesn't start, Laptop gives error message
Laptop sound garbled
Problem description:
The laptop starts properly but the sound coming from the laptop speakers and headphones is garbled.
Possible cause:
1. Software related problem.
2. Failed sound card.
Tags: Bad audio, Garbled sound
