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Compaq Presario M2000 problem

My mind-boggler is the screen is blank. It is impossible to do all the stereotypical things, (like go to Safe status), as nothing is displayed on tyhe screen.
The gang boots normally; only the screen is not as it should be. Today I even heard Avast say "The virus database has been updated" so everything is operating except the screen. I am assuming therefore no virus, but I cannot be complete of that I guess.

I have followed Compaq's suggestion to defer down the Fm key and press F4, and I also tried briefly urgent the power button to bring it out of doze mode, but neither of these do a thing.

Going through what happens at boot up using both the laptop silver screen and my other computer's monitor may be of help -
Lappie blind: The big "COMPAQ" logo appears in a nutshell on the screen and the screen then goes pure and remains that way. (This is usual, but normally the Windows boot up filter would then appear.)
External modem connected: The initial Windows screen appears and displays for perhaps 30 seconds, it then goes off. After only a cut b stop time a blue message "Power redeeming mode" appears and then goes off. (This always appears hurriedly when I turn off my desktop computer.) If I pull the guardian plug from the laptop I get another blue report, "Check cable link" or words to that effect. As I have justifiable pulled it out this is understandable.

Getting into secured mode or the bios using either protect doesn't seem an option as the screen is plain. I can only assume I have got there, but can't do anything else without a screen.

All of the above tells me possibly it isn't hardware; certainly it doesn't seem to be a mal-functioning mesh. It could possibly be video drivers, though how to reinstall them with no motion pictures is beyond my competence.

Any suggestions I would be very gratefully received.

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