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Laptop-Very Dark Screen

LeeroyJones · 2009-07-16 22:26:20

Hi, I recently turned on my laptop to find the screen is very very dark, at first I thought it was completely black but on closer inspection have noticed it is just very dark. I have attempted altering brightness and contrast thinking it may be that but no luck. Has anybody any pointers? Would be greatly appreciated Thanks…

16-07-2009 10:26pm

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LeeroyJones

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Hi,

I recently turned on my laptop to find the screen is very very dark, at first I thought it was completely black but on closer inspection have noticed it is just very dark. I have attempted altering brightness and contrast thinking it may be that but no luck. Has anybody any pointers? Would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance!

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#2 16-07-2009 10:27pm

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Is it like that at the BIOS screen?
Is it dark on an external monitor?
Chances are it's a hardware (backlight/inverter) issue.

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#3 16-07-2009 10:27pm

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could be the connector has worn down or is broken (cable connecting screen to laptop hard drive/body)...or could be a logic board error (fairly costly)

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#4 17-07-2009 8:49am

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I'd say definitely backlight issue, they go fairly regularly

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I've seen the inverter fail more often than the backlight. A replacement inverter shouldn't be too expensive but if it's the backlight you might be looking at replacing the whole screen.

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