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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.