[ltp] Dead R50e

[James Knott]

Julius Plenz wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I just ran into a problem with my Thinkpad R59e. While I was working
> on linux, the screen just turned black. I could not verify whether
> there was still some content on the screen but the backlight died or
> the complete screen went dead. So I rebooted.
> 
> Now, when I power the Thinkpad on, the screen does not light up, the
> fan starts working and the battery, the Z-like and HDD LED are lit up.
> The problem doesn't seem to have anything to with either the battery,
> the hard drive or the DVD drive, because removing the parts from the
> R50e doesn't change nothing.
> 
> I tried connecting the VGA output to an external projector before
> booting to see whether it's just a screen issue, but the projector
> doesn't receive any signal from the laptop.

You may have to enable the external display.  On my R31, it's Fn-F7