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Fault diagnosis

Answer a few questions to narrow down the cause. The steps follow the order technicians actually use: rule things out from the outside in, from cheap to expensive.

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What to do

Faulty display port or cable

  1. Try another cable before concluding — cables fail most often
  2. On multi-port machines, the BIOS may set which port has boot priority
  3. Use the working port for now and reorder the priority in the BIOS

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Symptom: Faulty display port or cable

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Before opening the machine. Disconnect power, wait for capacitors to discharge, and photograph the current wiring. If the machine is under warranty, call us first — opening it yourself may void the warranty.