Glitched screen, turns on, then off
So I was using my laptop yesterday to run maple, and everything was going fine. Then suddenly the screen started flickering, everything went pink/green, and vertical/horizontal bars appeared on the screen, and it froze. I manually turned it off and powered it back on, and the BIOS screen was fine. However at the desktop, the display was once again messed-up. I turned it off manually again, and then tried powering it back on. The light came on and the fan started up, then after 2-3 seconds it just powered back off. I have no idea what the problem is. I've tried holding down the power button w/ power supply and battery removed, I've tried taking out alternate RAM chips, I've even tried putting in a battery pack from another laptop into that one. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks.
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Do you have access to an external monitor?
If so, attempt plugging your laptop to the said monitor with a VGA cable. This will let you know whether the problem is your screen or your GPU and/or motherboard.
Hmmm well there's also something I forgot. Several minutes before, I'd taken a look at the battery power remaining, and it'd said not plugged in even though it was. I jiggled the power cord a bit and then it went to "charging." Could it possibly be a combination of a bad video driver AND a broken/loose DC power jack?
Screen is broken.