Monitor is black when I boot my MacBook Pro (need help)

[pMay]

Hello,

when I boot my MacBook Pro the Monitor does not turn on anymore.
It is just black... The backlight of the Apple is off too.
The Computer is still booting and I can hear the sound when I change the
speaker volume setting.

The MacBook Pro is 1,5 Years old and has a "Santa Rosa" chipset.

Is that problem a known problem? Does anybody have any tips?
I dont want to pay for a repair... In germany the "Gewärleistung"
could maybe help me.

Thanks,
Philip

 

[miniConvert]

Hey Maybe your nVidia graphics card has failed? If so, you're still covered by Apple, so if I were you I'd get Apple to check it out.

 

[snowmoon]

If your graphics chip has failed ( sounds likely ) it's a covered repair even if you don't have applecare because it's a manufacturing defect. Bring it to the nearest store or call applecare. Expect a wait to get it repaired.

 

[richard.mac]

maybe the backlights out? then how do you know if the graphics busted?

 

[snowmoon]

maybe the backlights out? then how do you know if the graphics busted?

I guess an easy test would be to plug in an external monitor, if it works it's the display and would not be covered as a manufacturing defect. If the external monitor doesn't work either than it's much more likely a video card defect.

 

[CD3660]

My guess is that it's your logic board. Happened to mine (which is the same age as yours) a couple of weeks ago. It's been repaired by Apple under warranty.

Although they didn't say so, I suspect that it was caused by the faulty Nvidia GPU.