I use Arch, btw.

:)

No flak. I do, too.

Strictly speaking, they’re not even units. Just shorthand for a factor.

Thank you for your suggestion. I will give that a try.

Ah yes, true. You just made me remember the time I had to blindly navigate another laptops BIOS to turn Switchable Graphics, because it’s screen was broken and it wouldn’t display anything externally, with that setting switched off.

If I do remember correctly, the current patient didn’t have that issue before it broke.

But no, I guess I can’t totally rule out a broken display. If I power the device on, the screen actually gets darker though. That seems to indicate, that it still receives power at least.

What more can I do to rule out a broken screen, when I don’t have any replacement parts ready?

I sometimes get a glimpse of the screen packlight turning on, when I keep the power button pressed for extended time. But nothing actually gets displayed on it.

I think the fact, that an external monitor doesn’t get any signal at all either rules out, that it’s limited to a broken screen, does it?

Sorry for the confusion. Afaik “no post” is what people call this behavior I’m describing, where it doesn’t even get to a bootloader or something.

I haven’t tried removing the RAM, since in this model the RAM is soldered to the mainboard, and I lack the equipment and skill to mess with that.

Butters style.

Maybe some of this nuance is lost in translation between Dutch and English news media.

You mean Danish news media?