Hi there,

I've NEVER used this forum before and I really need some help! My girlfriend recently bought a laptop a HP NC4000 second hand and it didn't have a CD/DVD drive. I had a spare external CD-RW drive lying around so i gave it to her. Unfourtunately the power supply to this has the same connector as an S-Video out connector and when she tried to set the computer up she accidentally connected the power source to the S-Video connector! The screen went funny for a while until i realised what she had done and so pulled the connector out. Now though the screen won't work at all!!!! Does this mean the screen is completely broken now? Can it be fixed and if so how much will this cost? (the Laptop was bought from ebay so no guarantee or anything like that i'm afraid )
Thanks for any help you can givewhen you turn the lap top on you said it powers on yes ? green flashing light or anything ?

Do the fans START, does the screen light up at all.... yeah you can hear the fan and feel the hard drive spinning in it so i think that the computer part is alright, there is a screen connector at the back so i guess i need to test whether or not that worksYep this makes it a little less likly to be a power suply issue...

Yes that would be a GOOD way to see if its the video card or the screen just get an old pc montior and PLUG it in the back and you will have an answer