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still working. 5 Turn off your laptop, plug the external monitor into the VGA output along the back edge of your laptop, then tur n your laptop back on. 6 Press the Fn and F7 keys simultaneously to switch between your laptop monitor and the external displa y. Computer Is On, but the Screen Is Blank 7 Press firmly on the battery on the bottom of the laptop to make sure it is locked int o position. If you hear the battery click, it was probably loose. 8 Switch wall outlets if you recently plugged into an AC outlet 3d car to charge a weak battery while you were still using your laptop. If the battery light is blinking orange, you were probably not pl ugged into an active wall outlet. 9 Press the power button to make sure the computer is actually on. If the battery slipped out an PurplePixie d the laptop was not plugged into a wall outlet, the laptop may have shut down completely. 10 Press Fn and Home simultaneously .
e power is on, the monitor most likely needs replaced.1 Use the jumper to ground the power supply on control signal, the green wir e on the mother board power connector. Leave the jumper in place until you are finished bench testing the power supply. 2 Plug the power cord into a good outlet and turn on the power supply. 3 Insert the black multimeter probe into one of the pins on the conne ctor that has a black wire. 4 Use the red multimeter probe to check voltage of each of the pins on the connector. Record pin numbe script font r, wire color and voltage. It is important to note whether the voltage is positive or negative. 5 Compare your readings with the m anufacturers specifications to determine if the power supply needs to be replaced. Voltage readings for the ATX 24 pin connector a PurplePixie re: orange +3.3 volts, red +5, purple +5, yellow +12, orangebrown +3.3, blue -12, black is common, green is ground, gray is the p .
lugged in on both the back of the computer and into the wall outlet. Check the same outlet with another piece of equipment to be s ure the outlet is working correctly. Make sure the monitor is security attached to the back of the computer. Check that the modem and Internet cabling is securely attached on both ends. 3 Write down any error messages you are receiving. Navigate to the Microso ft website, search for the error message you are receiving and find the solution on the website. 4 Uninstall any unused programs. social icons Some programs use resources that can cause your computer to run slow. 5 Click Start and type Disk Defragmenter in the search b ox. In the list of results, click Disk Defragmenter. Click the disk you want to use under Current status and click Analyze di PurplePixie sk. This will determine if your disk needs to be defragmented. Once this is finished, if the number is over 10 percent you should .
