Hello and thanks for any advice. I have an HP Pavillion laptop (model ZV 5260
-- XP Pro). The problem is that my main monitor is going black after a few
minutes - but my external monitor is working fine. When I hibernate the
computer, I can log back on, but the screen looks a "reddish" color for about
20 seconds and then returns to a normal color. But then after a few minutes ,
my monitor will go COMPLETELY black (no backlight or anything) while my
external monitor is still working fine. I am running a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
64M 72.30

Any help is greatly appreciated as I am pretty strapped for $$ and I would
like some good direction before I get yanked by some repair shop etc..

Thanks again for any advice. Please feel free to e-mail me at
checktwmail********.com

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:11:00 -0800, Duane
<Duane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello and thanks for any advice. I have an HP Pavillion laptop (model ZV 5260
>-- XP Pro). The problem is that my main monitor is going black after a few
>minutes - but my external monitor is working fine. When I hibernate the
>computer, I can log back on, but the screen looks a "reddish" color for about
>20 seconds and then returns to a normal color. But then after a few minutes ,
>my monitor will go COMPLETELY black (no backlight or anything) while my
>external monitor is still working fine. I am running a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
>64M 72.30
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated as I am pretty strapped for $$ and I would
>like some good direction before I get yanked by some repair shop etc..
>
>Thanks again for any advice. Please feel free to e-mail me at
>checktwmail********.com

Since an external monitor works fine, everything points to your LCD
screen. You're definitely gonna have to succumb to getting "yanked by
some repair shop".

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:11:00 -0800, Duane
<Duane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello and thanks for any advice. I have an HP Pavillion laptop (model ZV 5260
>-- XP Pro). The problem is that my main monitor is going black after a few
>minutes - but my external monitor is working fine. When I hibernate the
>computer, I can log back on, but the screen looks a "reddish" color for about
>20 seconds and then returns to a normal color. But then after a few minutes ,
>my monitor will go COMPLETELY black (no backlight or anything) while my
>external monitor is still working fine. I am running a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
>64M 72.30
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated as I am pretty strapped for $$ and I would
>like some good direction before I get yanked by some repair shop etc..
>
>Thanks again for any advice. Please feel free to e-mail me at
>checktwmail********.com

Why ask here? This is a pure hardware problem that has nothing to do
with XP.

Ask elsewhere

This is not the place for this kind of message but since you and I are
here... Check for a backlight lamp for you screen, this is most likely the
problem. Google it you can replace it yourself if you are handly and
confident about taking apart a laptop. Direction may be found online also.

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"Duane" <Duane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:240EAB7D-5829-4BFE-88E8-96C74887997B@microsoft.com...
> Hello and thanks for any advice. I have an HP Pavillion laptop (model ZV
> 5260
> -- XP Pro). The problem is that my main monitor is going black after a few
> minutes - but my external monitor is working fine. When I hibernate the
> computer, I can log back on, but the screen looks a "reddish" color for
> about
> 20 seconds and then returns to a normal color. But then after a few
> minutes ,
> my monitor will go COMPLETELY black (no backlight or anything) while my
> external monitor is still working fine. I am running a NVIDIA GeForce4 440
> Go
> 64M 72.30
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated as I am pretty strapped for $$ and I would
> like some good direction before I get yanked by some repair shop etc..
>
> Thanks again for any advice. Please feel free to e-mail me at
> checktwmail********.com