Broken Laptop screen

nettranny

Hey, my laptop(Dell Inspiron 1100) screen is broken. The screen itself is physically fine, no cracks or scratches. The screen is just completely black. I don't know what happened, perhaps it just took a knock off something when i was carrying it.
I hooked it up to a monitor for a while and was fine temporarily while i was doing my exams. But now that im finished exams, im wondering does anyone know if this would be expensive to fix? or where is best to get it fixed? or is it even worth it? if i have to get it replaced. I don't mind spending say 700euro on a new laptop that's better if it turns out that it will cost more than 200euro to replace the screen.
Anyway, any information is appreciated

toiletduck

Sounds like the backlight may be gone. When you turn it on, can you see ANYTHING at all on the screen? Try looking at it from odd angles.

nettranny

i should have said that, sorry. I can see things, just about, when i shine a light on it, so presumably the backlight, yes

toiletduck

Yeah it's the backlight, I wouldn't imagine it'd be too hard to fix. Get onto some repair guys and see what they say. keep us updated!

wingnut

I'm presuming it is out of the warranty period?

extra-ordinary_

It's more than likely the inverter that's gone. Backlights very rarely give trouble, instead it's usually the inverter that feeds it power.You can check out here -http://computers.search.ebay.ie/1100_Screens-LCD-Panels_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfgtpZQQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQlopgZQQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ31569QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ3QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs

nettranny

wingnut wrote:

I'm presuming it is out of the warranty period?

yes it is