ATOT,
I have a laptop that i am fixing for a friend of mine. The laptop's screen comes on when you first turn it on, but only stays on for a few seconds, sometimes you can get it to flicker after it goes off. so I thought that the back light was still good. You can see the screen if you shine a light on it. The video output is good, as i can hook it to an external monitor and it works fine. I dont see any physical damage to the video cable either.
anyway, I replaced the LCD inverter and it does the same thing. Well not totally, the screen still goes dim and flickers from time to time. if i switch back and forth from the old inverter to the new one, I can see that they behave differently so i feel that it may still be the issue. I am wondering if the inverter i bought came DOA, or did the back light get fried when the inverter died and its only able to stay on for seconds.
let me know if there is any other information that i can provide.
If anyone can shine additional light on this subject it would sure be nice.
~David
I have a laptop that i am fixing for a friend of mine. The laptop's screen comes on when you first turn it on, but only stays on for a few seconds, sometimes you can get it to flicker after it goes off. so I thought that the back light was still good. You can see the screen if you shine a light on it. The video output is good, as i can hook it to an external monitor and it works fine. I dont see any physical damage to the video cable either.
anyway, I replaced the LCD inverter and it does the same thing. Well not totally, the screen still goes dim and flickers from time to time. if i switch back and forth from the old inverter to the new one, I can see that they behave differently so i feel that it may still be the issue. I am wondering if the inverter i bought came DOA, or did the back light get fried when the inverter died and its only able to stay on for seconds.
let me know if there is any other information that i can provide.
If anyone can shine additional light on this subject it would sure be nice.
~David