10 Feb
2004
10 Feb
'04
2:07 a.m.
On Feb 9, 2004, at 4:47 PM, Lyos Norezel wrote:
Hey ya'll... I have a MAJOR problem here. My
laptop (PII, 512MB's ram,
4.1GB HD) has an LCD screen in which the backlight has died. No
warning just died ten minutes into a computer session. Tried
restarting, tried taking it apart, jimmiing switches, etc... took it
down to it's bare components and reassembled... NADA... nothing works.
Any ideas? can the backlight be replaced? Could a replacement
backlight be jerryrigged into place? Really need this laptop... I use
it everyday... but can't afford a replacement LCD. Any advice? Ideas?
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It probably just wants more volts.
Sorry, Lyos, I just couldn't leave that one lying there. ;) Please
don't use anything other than the approved power source with your
laptop.
There are replacement backlights for laptops around that age on eBay
all the time. Of course, when you need one, they're either the wrong
model, or in another galaxy.
Both IBM and Dell usually have replacement parts, if you're willing
to spend a lot of cash. The same probably goes for Toshiba, HPaq, etc,
but I haven't needed parts from them.
Doc