Display is blank on startup

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slickdude - Mar 10, 2009 at 02:19 AM
lestuce Posts 12 Registration date Monday January 19, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 3, 2009 - Mar 11, 2009 at 03:31 AM
Hello, my display is blank on startup. I have an HP Pavillion dv9000. upon startup i get 1long beep folowed by 2 short beeps. seems to indicate a video controller board in the code book, but not sure on a laptop.

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lestuce Posts 12 Registration date Monday January 19, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 3, 2009
Mar 11, 2009 at 03:31 AM
hi,
indeed, this indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information.
try to update the video driver or get the graphics card replaced.
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