VAIO black screen on boot

[tigergrl]

Hi! I have a Sony Vaio VGN FS660 with a black screen of death. Laptop powers up, hard drive spins and the fan comes on. But the screen never lights up. I'm fairly illiterate when it comes to hardware, so bear with me.

What led to this: was working in Photoshop, when toddler pressed power button, system attempted to force close and I canceled. Closed laptop when done, later powered on and it was stuck on the "VAIO" boot screen. Powered off using power button and now the screen won't come on.

Things I've tried: removing battery letting rest and putting back in, F keys do nothing, Reseated 2 RAM chips under access Door. Reseated Hard drive. Soooo.....what's next?

 

[kookie3010]

try removing your hdd and putting it back again.are u on battery power or charger when the toddler press the power button?

 

[tigergrl]

Tried removing the hdd and putting it back, same results. It was on the charger when this all happened.

try removing your hdd and putting it back again.are u on battery power or charger when the toddler press the power button?

 

[kookie3010]

Try this since u are on power adapter before it happen.remove ur battery and adapter.press the power button for 30-60second.plug in your adapter and try booting up.

 

[tigergrl]

Still nothing. =/

 

[kookie3010]

Still nothing. =/

Are there any beeps?

 

[tigergrl]

No beeps, but as before, I can hear the hard drive boot up and the fan turn on.

 

[kookie3010]

It either your screen or your mobo.try connnecting to an external monitor if u have one.

 

[tigergrl]

Pulled a monitor out of storage and hooked up the cable. Its like the monitor isn't even getting a signal. And stays in power save mode.

 

[kookie3010]

Pulled a monitor out of storage and hooked up the cable. Its like the monitor isn't even getting a signal. And stays in power save mode.

Might be a dead mobo or cpu.its hard to tell.if u can,open up and check the paste on the cpu .

 

[tigergrl]

Now, I'm lost. I have no idea what I'm looking at once I get it open. Lol (thanks for the help btw)