This is not my laptop, but a friends. A while back his backlight stopped working. It would turn on for a second or two when the screen was opened then turn off. The monitor would still be trying to display the desktop just without the backlight, and his external port still worked fine. Same thing happens in linux and xp.
He found a computer repair shop online, and guy came and met him in a pub(!) to pick the up laptop off him. They said they tried replacing the FL inverter and backlight twice, and apparently the backlight worked for a bit longer but then again turned itself off. They also said they saw a brown stain on the graphics chip, and said it was probably broken and needed a motherboard replacement to fix, something they couldn't do. Laptop is of the make Toshiba and is out of warranty.
The fact that the external port still works and that he had the laptop taken off him in a pub rather than a place of business makes me a bit suspicious. Should he try getting it repaired at another place at the risk of losing more money or give up and continue using it as a desktop/buy new laptop?
He found a computer repair shop online, and guy came and met him in a pub(!) to pick the up laptop off him. They said they tried replacing the FL inverter and backlight twice, and apparently the backlight worked for a bit longer but then again turned itself off. They also said they saw a brown stain on the graphics chip, and said it was probably broken and needed a motherboard replacement to fix, something they couldn't do. Laptop is of the make Toshiba and is out of warranty.
The fact that the external port still works and that he had the laptop taken off him in a pub rather than a place of business makes me a bit suspicious. Should he try getting it repaired at another place at the risk of losing more money or give up and continue using it as a desktop/buy new laptop?
