No Screen When Updating Firmware

[GeBeCluck23]

I held "R" while turning my Pandora on, but the screen shows nothing. I know it's there because when I push "B" it boots the regular firmware. I want to update the firmware via SD Card, but how can I do that if I can't see the screen?

 

[GeBeCluck23]

Okay well, I ended up guessing where the option was for booting from SD, and managed to find it, but that still doesn't explain why the screen was dark... Honestly it took quite a while before it came back on. It was about halfway through when it did. And I had to wiggle the screen, no less...

 

[Neelix]

That would suggest to me that your LCD cable is either loose or damaged...

Does the display look ok when it does turn on? 

- Neelix

 

[GeBeCluck23]

Yeah, it looks fine. I actually just had my LCD cable repaired too... And now that I got it reflashed, it works perfectly fine. It still turns pitch black when I go into the boot options though, (I tried it again just to check.) The only other thing that's still weird is that whenever I close my screen, and open it again, it gets all weird looking. I actually am detailing that in another post over here. (I really should combine these two if I could...)

 

[GeBeCluck23]

  Yep, just reflashed it, still pitch black; I had to do it off of memory. Well, it worked, but I'm still curious as to why this is happening, any help would be appreciated!

 

[FBnil]

maybe a silly question but did you try to press fn+I (to adjust brightness? Maybe your brightness is 0 by default?)

 

[GeBeCluck23]

  ...I...did not realize I could do that... :unsure:  Thanks, I'll try that!  :lol:

 

[GeBeCluck23]

  Yeah, still blank. I dunno what to say, it's as if it hasn't loaded the screen yet. I say that because when I let it go normally, (without holding "R") as soon as it starts booting the firmware it looks fine!