topic VAIO with Windows Vista blank screen when starting up in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-with-windows-vista-blank-screen-when-starting-up/m-p/707911#M9283 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style=";">Hello,</P><P style=";"><BR /></P><P style=";">I have a VAIO VGN CS11S with WIndows Vista on it. Recently it went blue screen of death wit accomanying sound of shotgun 'ratatatatatatata' and then turned itself off. Since then, when I turn it on, I can hear it starting up but the screen stays black. I can then turn it off and also open the CD drive:</P><P style=";">Is there anything I can do ?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:10 GMT alehoffm48 2013-05-24T14:39:10Z VAIO with Windows Vista blank screen when starting up https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-with-windows-vista-blank-screen-when-starting-up/m-p/707911#M9283 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style=";">Hello,</P><P style=";"><BR /></P><P style=";">I have a VAIO VGN CS11S with WIndows Vista on it. Recently it went blue screen of death wit accomanying sound of shotgun 'ratatatatatatata' and then turned itself off. Since then, when I turn it on, I can hear it starting up but the screen stays black. I can then turn it off and also open the CD drive:</P><P style=";">Is there anything I can do ?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:10 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-with-windows-vista-blank-screen-when-starting-up/m-p/707911#M9283 alehoffm48 2013-05-24T14:39:10Z Re: VAIO with Windows Vista blank screen when starting up https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-with-windows-vista-blank-screen-when-starting-up/m-p/707912#M9284 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi alehoffm48 and welcome.</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you get any image on an external monitor connected via the VGA Port?</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">This will tell us if it is the Screen or inverter or if it is more seriously the graphics chip.</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:30 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-with-windows-vista-blank-screen-when-starting-up/m-p/707912#M9284 Blencogo 2013-05-24T19:56:30Z