hey Karl...

welcome to the forum...

when you say "old looking blue screen", what do you mean? blue screen with nothing on it? or, blue screen with "bord computer", "television"?

also, it is always nice to know which model of the X5 you got... helps in helping to troubleshoot...

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E53 X5 4.6iS
147K mi - Sold May 2013
Tireprints left in:
USA, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Russia

E53 X5 4.8iS built 2005-10-17
66200 mi - June 2012
96000 mi - June 2013
112000 mi - June 2014
OEM fire extinguisher
OE first aid kit
OE tow hitch
OE TV module
OE aspheric mirror
K&N air filter
black/white badges
rear camera
4-channel video recorder

Here is the list of things I have done to the X