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Can't explain...only when the second monitor was hooked up I saw the laptop functioning perfectly otherwise. Question now is if its the CCFL or the inverter? I read that if its the CCFL failture, there would be a gradual deterioration of image quality - colored tint appearing on the screen etc...

Thanks Roger, but seems I am closer to detecting the problem now. So here's what I did - I connected to a second monitor and found that the laptop DID boot! This happened at work, and I am not sure what made it work here. Anyways, on the second monitor everything seems fine. But when I...

Thanks for the advice, but there is no LED tester on the battery pack :( I don't think its a battery issue because the adapter works good with my other Compaq, and secondly, when I took the battery out of the one that's having problem and tried to boot by AC adapter, the exact same problem...

Forgot to add that when I try to start up- 1. the fan comes on, and 2. Likely the HD is active for a bit before both fan and HD go quiet while the blank screen takes over. Again...PLEASE HELP!!!

I have a 3 yr old Compaq Presario V5000. It was left on last night (no auto hard disk off option) and I found it dead this morning. Although there is power through AC adapter, there was no LED whatsoever. When I tried to start there would be the Compaq logo momentarily, and then the screen...