I have a brand new (recieved on May 5th) Dell Inspiron E1705 with 1.83Ghz Dual-Core Processor, 1Gb Ram and a 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory video card.

Last week everything was working great, I POWERED down the computer, shut the screen and when I went to restart the computer the Bios screen came up but then the screen went black during the Windows XP loading screen. I heard the tones once windows booted up. I shut down the computer, hooked up an external monitor, and everything worked fine (i.e. I watched windows load on the external monitor)

Anyways, I contacted Dell and they sent a guy out to my house to replace the LCD screen. He replaced it and everything worked for about 1 day. But once I powered the laptop down and shut the screen, then opened it again to reboot the video went black again. I ran the PSA diagnostic and it said that "the graphics test failed due to no input from user", but all the other TESTS passed

I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem or may know what is going on? I'm assuming it's not the LCD screen considering a brand new one worked only for one day. Could it be a sensor on the latch, meaning it's going black because it "thinks" the screen is closed? The computer is still under warranty so I can just send it back, but I was hoping someone may have some other suggestions. Thanks!ntsheehy....... PHONE ........ DELL thats what the warranty is all about .......In fact , I would be asking for a complete replacement machine ........
Don't fiddle with the thing just have it replaced ........

dl65 Send it back.