Dropped my laptop, now it ain't right

[RenegadeT]

So there i was carrying my cheap Black Friday dell computer when it started sliding out of my grasp. As I awkwardly twisted sideways to catch it, a bolt of white hot pain shot thru my body when I pinched a nut in my jeans. My body when limp for a millisecond and the laptop fell to the floor. Now the screen doesn't display anything anymore, the hard drive still spins, the fan runs, lights blink, etc. I have no idea if it's just the display, or something inside. I plugged it into the HDMI port on my tv, but having never done that before, I'm not sure if that is plug-n-play, and nothing came up anyways. Besides getting looser fitting jeans, what should I do?

 

[BRUISER]

plug into a computer monitor and then hit Function key and F8 see if the display shows up, if not hit the function and F8 again.. try 3 times if no luck you have have other issues

the function key and F8 will usually send the display from laptop to the second screen you have plugged in

 

[Ron]

Being it is a dell and a black friday special...I have a guess to the answer but nay idea if it has an integrated graphics card or a separate chip set?



If separate its feasible the graphics display card simply got jarred loose..

 

[RatLabGuy]

Also if you turn it off (hold the power button for 5 secs, that will always kill it) and turn it on w/ the lid closed but plugged into a monitor, it should boot up to the external display.

Yeah if you're lucky something just got shook loose. Could even just be a RAM module or something.