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Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue

by THE HAMMER

Thank you to the people who replied with questions or suggestions. Here is some additional info: The keyboard backlighting is what flashes briefly at start up attempt. The screen shows no light what so ever. Tried launching systems off of live usbs...no luck Tried the Lenovo reset button.....no luck Tried running a different screen with an hdmi cable....it said no input ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:10 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue THE> ..hope this is not too off topic.. Have a friend with a Lenovo THE> ideapad. The screen stays black and does not light up THE> whatsoever. Would anyone have suggestions for best way to go THE> with it? Try plugging the thing into a monitor while it's powered off, then power it on and see if you get anything that way. It could be that the display is fried. Does the disk spin up? Does it have windows on it? Can you put a USB thumb drive on the system and try to boot from that (knoppix is really good for this, or one of the system rescue linux images). THE> The sticker on it gives further info: Windows 8, intel core i5, THE> and Ultrabook. Would need more, like the model number. THE> The power button lights up and stays on when you try to turn the THE> unit on, as long as you keep the power cord plugged in. THE> Apparently the battery holds no charge. The keyboard keys THE> quickly flash once also when the start button is hit. which keys flash? THE> The case does show some dents, and they say it was dropped a few times. LOL! THE> They've tried disconnecting the battery thing with no luck. External display is my first bet. Remove the hardware as well if possible. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 5, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue

by jebaill52

Power it down. Press the Novo button with a paper clip or something small. This will bring you to the Novo menu which has bios,boot,and recovery entries. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> Date: 10/4/17 2:10 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue THE> ..hope this is not too off topic.. Have a friend with a Lenovo THE> ideapad. The screen stays black and does not light up THE> whatsoever. Would anyone have suggestions for best way to go THE> with it? Try plugging the thing into a monitor while it's powered off, then power it on and see if you get anything that way. It could be that the display is fried. Does the disk spin up? Does it have windows on it? Can you put a USB thumb drive on the system and try to boot from that (knoppix is really good for this, or one of the system rescue linux images). THE> The sticker on it gives further info: Windows 8, intel core i5, THE> and Ultrabook. Would need more, like the model number. THE> The power button lights up and stays on when you try to turn the THE> unit on, as long as you keep the power cord plugged in. THE> Apparently the battery holds no charge. The keyboard keys THE> quickly flash once also when the start button is hit. which keys flash? THE> The case does show some dents, and they say it was dropped a few times. LOL! THE> They've tried disconnecting the battery thing with no luck. External display is my first bet. Remove the hardware as well if possible. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue

by Michael C Voorhis

John Stoffel writes: > THE> The keyboard keys quickly flash once also when the start button > THE> is hit. > which keys flash? When a lenovo portable with a backlit keyboard is powered up, the keyboard backlight will light up once and fade out--a part of the POST I presume. Maybe this is what they're talking about. --MCV.

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo Black Screen Issue

by John Stoffel

THE> ..hope this is not too off topic.. Have a friend with a Lenovo THE> ideapad. The screen stays black and does not light up THE> whatsoever. Would anyone have suggestions for best way to go THE> with it? Try plugging the thing into a monitor while it's powered off, then power it on and see if you get anything that way. It could be that the display is fried. Does the disk spin up? Does it have windows on it? Can you put a USB thumb drive on the system and try to boot from that (knoppix is really good for this, or one of the system rescue linux images). THE> The sticker on it gives further info: Windows 8, intel core i5, THE> and Ultrabook. Would need more, like the model number. THE> The power button lights up and stays on when you try to turn the THE> unit on, as long as you keep the power cord plugged in. THE> Apparently the battery holds no charge. The keyboard keys THE> quickly flash once also when the start button is hit. which keys flash? THE> The case does show some dents, and they say it was dropped a few times. LOL! THE> They've tried disconnecting the battery thing with no luck. External display is my first bet. Remove the hardware as well if possible.

Oct. 4, 2017

Lenovo Black Screen Issue

by THE HAMMER

..hope this is not too off topic.. Have a friend with a Lenovo ideapad. The screen stays black and does not light up whatsoever. Would anyone have suggestions for best way to go with it? More details: The sticker on it gives further info: Windows 8, intel core i5, and Ultrabook. The power button lights up and stays on when you try to turn the unit on, as long as you keep the power cord plugged in. Apparently the battery holds no charge. The keyboard keys quickly flash once also when the start button is hit. The case does show some dents, and they say it was dropped a few times. They've tried disconnecting the battery thing with no luck. Any suggestions?

Oct. 4, 2017

Meeting Oct 12th 2017 at 7pm. Topic: Ansible Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 331

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Our next meeting will be on October 12th at 7pm. I'm going to give a quick talk on Ansible. It's a handy tool I use for install software on LOTS of computers. I'll also talk about Ansible playbooks as well. After that I figure we can talk about things people might want as topics and then head down for pizza at Tech. As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Autonomous Small Robot Association/Society/League

by Tim Keller

David, Would you be interested in doing a talk on this? Thanks, Tim. On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 6:54 PM, David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > A buddy of mine and I have been kicking around the idea of starting a > local organization for building small robots the would be used in > competitions. As a place holder name, we have chosen Autonomous Small > Robot Association/Society/League. > > Attached is a link to a PDF file that provides a bare bones outline of > the proposal. Basically, we would be following the rules espoused by > the PiWars.org web site and to that end, I am building a little robot > that will use image/vision processing to navigate the challenges (RPi, > opencv, tensorflow) > > If anyone of this list is interested, please contact me at > dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net or Ron Mourant at mourant(a)gmail.com > > Regards > > David Glaser > > > Link to file > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6mq1ywqlxy81qg/Proposal-2017-09-22.pdf?dl=0 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 23, 2017

Autonomous Small Robot Association/Society/League

by David Glaser

Hi Folks, A buddy of mine and I have been kicking around the idea of starting a local organization for building small robots the would be used in competitions. As a place holder name, we have chosen Autonomous Small Robot Association/Society/League. Attached is a link to a PDF file that provides a bare bones outline of the proposal. Basically, we would be following the rules espoused by the PiWars.org web site and to that end, I am building a little robot that will use image/vision processing to navigate the challenges (RPi, opencv, tensorflow) If anyone of this list is interested, please contact me at dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net or Ron Mourant at mourant(a)gmail.com Regards David Glaser Link to file https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6mq1ywqlxy81qg/Proposal-2017-09-22.pdf?dl=0

Sept. 23, 2017

The show will go on without me on Thursday.

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I've just learned that I've got my daughters open house on Thursday night. Logan will present, but I'll only be there in spirit. Sorry, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 13, 2017

Reminder! Meeting Sept. 14th, 2017! Topic: Ceph!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, This is a reminder that we've got a meeting on Thursday! Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 331. Time: 7pm Topic: Ceph. Presenters: Logan Brown and Tim Keller Ceph is a scalable storage system that provides object, block and file system services. You can grow it dynamically across multiple machines for fault tolerance and performance. Logan and I have both been experimenting with Ceph. I've been playing with in my data center and Logan has gone full production at home with it as a NAS. We'll be able to talk about it's design philosophy, expandability, fault tolerance and management. As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off to Tech Pizza to continue the conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 12, 2017