Laptop Got Hot Now No Video

[dave computer]

Hey guys last night i was just using my laptop like every other night laying down surfing the web and all of a sudden it just randomly turned off. I touched the ac cord going in and it was extremely hot. I tried to boot back up and everything went, i even could here the windows launch sound however got no video. I tried taking out the battery and just going on ac power but still nothing. I took the back of the laptop off (i know its out of warrenty already) and the video card is actually a pci-e geforce 6600 go mxm. I'm thinking all i need to do is replace that however i can't find anywhere on the net to buy it. I called abs and they directed me to call nvadia however there closed for the holidays until january and i reallly need to get it up asap. Any suggestions?

[EzyStvy]

Does letting it cool down make any difference?

[rspassey]

Does your laptop have a hot key and the necessary ports so that you can connect via S-video or whatnot to another monitor / TV without having to configure anything?

[dave computer]

yea i tried to just plug in a 15" lcd in the back of the laptop on the vga port but didn't show any video on the lcd. Didn't try svideo though. Nope i let it cool off for like 24hrs and it didn't help any.

[dave computer]

Ok guys update to this....i bought a new video card the exact same model and put it in replacing the old one and the same syptons. No video everything else seems to work (even the sound and the wifi light). Not sure what to do i unplugged and replugged in all the wires that i saw to see if that would make a difference but nothing.

[EzyStvy]

When you plugged in the external monitor did you press I believe the Fn key?

[dave computer]

ya i did the whole fn key and then the key that was for switching from lcd to external monitor.