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Thinkpad T21 Screen Toggle

Sep 9, 2004 12:11PM PDT

A friend has a Thinkpad T21, Type 2647-9BU.
She turned on her Thinkpad and the screen stayed black.
I told her to try holding down the FN key while hitting the F7 key. This is a known screen toggle key combo. It worked. I wasn't surprised. But the screen stays black whenever she boots the Thinkpad. What does she have to do to get the Thinkpad to boot to a normal screen displaying text and graphics?

Thanks.

John

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