Hardware Hank
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Hi, everyone!
I've got an older model Toughbook (a Panasonic CF-C2) loaded up with what I'm pretty sure is 8 Pro (based on the sticker on the back).
I hadn't touched it in a while since it's not my daily driver, but I wanted to try some things out to try making it useful, and after booting up, the screen went completely black. To be clear, the screen was on, active, and responsive during the boot-up process, soI know I'm 90% sure it isn't a hardware issue. I didn't move it at any point, so it's probably not a connection problem.
I also seem to recall having had problems with the screen in the past, though I'm not 100% sure if it was this particular machine or its "brother" (I got two of these from my old college as they were getting new machines and giving away the old ones).
If this is the machine that had the brightness issue, then the problem is mostly self-inflicted. Like I said, it had been having brightness problems, where it was always set to the lowest possible brightness, and the manual settings had no effect on it. After doing some troubleshooting, it had been suggested that I delete and reinstall the display drivers. I had been told that it would automatically re-install the needed drivers on a restart and fix the issue. It, eh, didn't.
My own faulty memory is insisting that I had somehow fixed that, but I don't remember how or when, and the black screen is heavily suggesting that my memory sucks (can confirm, my memory does suck).
Assuming that's the problem and it isn't a hardware one, how can I fix that and get my screen back? I assume that if I run an output to an external monitor, I'll still have the same problem.
I've got an older model Toughbook (a Panasonic CF-C2) loaded up with what I'm pretty sure is 8 Pro (based on the sticker on the back).
I hadn't touched it in a while since it's not my daily driver, but I wanted to try some things out to try making it useful, and after booting up, the screen went completely black. To be clear, the screen was on, active, and responsive during the boot-up process, so
I also seem to recall having had problems with the screen in the past, though I'm not 100% sure if it was this particular machine or its "brother" (I got two of these from my old college as they were getting new machines and giving away the old ones).
If this is the machine that had the brightness issue, then the problem is mostly self-inflicted. Like I said, it had been having brightness problems, where it was always set to the lowest possible brightness, and the manual settings had no effect on it. After doing some troubleshooting, it had been suggested that I delete and reinstall the display drivers. I had been told that it would automatically re-install the needed drivers on a restart and fix the issue. It, eh, didn't.
My own faulty memory is insisting that I had somehow fixed that, but I don't remember how or when, and the black screen is heavily suggesting that my memory sucks (can confirm, my memory does suck).
Assuming that's the problem and it isn't a hardware one, how can I fix that and get my screen back? I assume that if I run an output to an external monitor, I'll still have the same problem.
