7 Apr
2024
7 Apr
'24
7:43 p.m.
On Sun, 2024-04-07 at 13:57 +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 00:47, Van Snyder via
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cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I know the main focus of the list. The Vostro 1700 is almost old enough
to be a semi-antique. I don't know another list where people might know
why the display flashes once and then goes black.
Both extremely helpful. Thanks.
This is mainly a list for pre-PC era kit. Windows PCs and 64-bit
x86kit are offtopic here, and most members, I suspect, regard them
asdisposable office equipment with no more personality than a
stapler.
The Vostro 1700 looks to be a 2007 era 17" C2D
laptop.
Not much info to go on in your message. You say it boots; how do
youknow?
If you shine a very bright light at the display, you can dimly see what
it's trying to show. So the display works, but the backlight doesn't.
I saw a note that if the display flashes, however briefly, the problem
is almost certainly the inverter, not the backlight. So I've ordered a
new one -- $10.99, including tax and shipping.
What OS? Latest firmware? Can you SSH to it when the
OS comesup? Can
it successfully drive an external screen? Have you opened itup and
checked its CPU and GPU fans are clean, unobstructed, spin andit's
not overheating?
Windoze 10 with all the updates. I installed a Ubuntu-something drive
and I can ssh to it. It's not overheating.
It's my brother's only computer. He's destitute and lives in a room
slightly bigger than a postage stamp. He can't afford a new laptop, and
he is picky about where the USB connectors are.
(His hobby is complaining that most stuff other people would say is
good enough isn't perfect.)