ChunkyMonkeyNuts wrote in
message news:iJ6cnc4Ri5u40hXdSa8jmA@karoo.co.uk...
>
> Mike wrote in message
> news:c69ae0$f9i$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I bought the above on ebay 3 weeks ago and just received it today ( coz
of
> > postal strike )
> >
> > When i switch it on, the lcd and power lights come on and i hear the HD
> > starting to work away but nothing
> > else happens. No Sound, Blank LCD.
>
> Its a long shot, but if you think the laptop is working - have you tried
> cycling the video signal through the different modes?
>
> I have a IBM T21 and you can cycle the video output from Screen to VGA-out
> using Fn - F7 together, I dont know whether the 600e is the same.
>
> When mine is on VGA-out you get nothing on the screen and when mine boots
to
> Win98 it defaults to VGA (blank) for some reason. Thing is.....I always
get
> the bios screen first before it goes blank.
>
> To be honest it doesnt sound like this is your problem but its worth a
try?
>
> Chunkers
>
Thanks for the response,
Ive since got the laptop to boot but after a few minutes the screen screws
up, crashes
and im forced to (cntr alt del).
now im back where i started ( cant boot or view anything on screen )
tried fn - f7 but still no joy
Thanks for the suggestion though
>