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Title: white screen with black square??
Post by: Richie London on 24 May 2010, 20:03:25

was writing a post, screen went totally white then a little black square appeared, went back on to the thread but couldnt move mouse, then happened again and i had to take the lead and battery out to switch laptop off.

anyone know what happened or had this before??

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: TheBoy on 24 May 2010, 20:06:48

Sounds like the PC crashed...

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: Richie London on 24 May 2010, 20:08:18

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Sounds like the PC crashed...

crashed before but never like this, was quite wierd to be honest. i guess laptop is old now, had it 4 years now

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: Nickbat on 24 May 2010, 20:13:28

Looks like you have a virus.  :(

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=37643.0

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: Richie London on 24 May 2010, 20:17:19

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Looks like you have a virus.  :(

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=37643.0

just run malwarebytes, nothing came up. avira is running now  :y

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: Nickbat on 24 May 2010, 20:24:07

TheN again, Richie, it could be a physical fault:

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2008/04/13/laptop-lcd-screen-turned-white/

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: tunnie on 24 May 2010, 20:25:11

from description sounds more like hardware issue

Title: Re: white screen with black square??
Post by: Richie London on 24 May 2010, 21:06:52

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from description sounds more like hardware issue

time for a new one, lots of things been happening on it this year.