Why does my laptop's LCD keep flickering??

[Shawn]

It's pissing me off! It's acting like it's about to go out or something. It only seems to do this when running off the battery though, so wtf?

 

[isekii]

did u try restarting ?

maybe the battery is bad ? try changing the settings. Laptop displays usually dim when using battery.

 

[Shawn]

Nah, it always does this. It's not like a slow dimming it just randomly flickers for a split second as if it was pluged in and you pulled the plug and the battery kicked in or something. It keeps doing it constantly though. I guess the battery could be bad.... but it still lasts 3 hours so I dunno. It's still under warentee. Wonder if I should call them?

 

[boyRacer]

i would call... if its anything like the flickering i'm thinking.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Perhaps a little information about your laptop would help.

 

[Shawn]

It's a Sotec 3120X. The only reason I'm hesitant to call is they'd want me to send it in somewhere which would be a pain and i'd be w/o it for a while and they'd probably go ahead and wipe out all my sh|t! Im thinking it might be the screen is goin bad though so i guess I should call....

 

[HappyPuppy]

I'm thinking you are SOL. If you had bought a DELL a tech would have come to your place of business or your home, with the parts, to repair it.

 

[Shawn]

Yeah and pay $1500 for a 10lb notebook? I think I'll pass on that. This thing cost me $700 after rebates has a dvd/cd-rw combo and weighs 4.4lb. It's probably not the LCD cause I went and plugged it in and it stopped doing it completely, so it's gotta be the battery. Maybe the battery isn't giving a constant voltage for some reason?

 

[iamme]

definitely give them a call, since it's under warranty.