Section: Core

22) Your Windows 7 laptop screen suddenly becomes garbled while you are working. You connect another known good monitor to the video out port on the machine. The new monitor is still garbled. Which laptop component do you suspect?

1. Laptop backlight
   
2. Laptop screen
   
3. Laptop power supply
   
4. Laptop video adapter
   

Since the laptop's display and an external monitor are displaying the same output, it is likely that the laptop video adapter has failed. These are replaceable and even upgradeable, depending on laptop age and the budget.

Exam Objective: 3.2 Compare and contrast components within the display of a laptop.