Hello Bob,

Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 11:45:18 PM, you wrote:

BY> ------Help------
BY> My wife loaned my thinkpad 700 to one of her friends and now the screen
BY> is blank and dark.  It will flash a couple of times during bootup but
BY> nothing shows afterwards. Of course I have no documentation.

BY> Is there a key combination that will return it to normal?  I am hoping
BY> that it is just redirected to the VGA output port and can be changed
BY> back with the right key combo.

I had the same problem on my old ThinkPad... it was a loose connection
inside the lid, where the leads plug into the LCD.

Try plugging a monitor into the auxiliary monitor output jack, to see
if you get an image. If you do, this is probably your problem. It is
fairly common in ThinkPads, and other vintage laptops like GRiDs, as
well.

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