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Old August 10th, 2004, 03:47 AM
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Laptop display screen

Hey

when i switch my laptop on, the screen is blank ( well, i can see the display faintly in the background ).

On the laptop, the battery light flashes as normal but the one next to it showing a pic of a disk is only barely lit up.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? Any help would be appreciated

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Old August 10th, 2004, 10:59 AM
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chances are good that it means that there is VERY quick and frequent disk activity, it's short, so the light dosen't have time to fully light, and it's frequentso it looks dim, kinda flashing too. nothing is necessarly wrong with it.

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Hey

when i switch my laptop on, the screen is blank ( well, i can see the display faintly in the background ).

On the laptop, the battery light flashes as normal but the one next to it showing a pic of a disk is only barely lit up.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? Any help would be appreciated

The dim display may be that the backlight is broken. Take it to the shop.
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Old August 10th, 2004, 01:46 PM
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The dim display may be that the backlight is broken. Take it to the shop.


The weird thing is that the screen has come back on, then gone off again when I rebooted but come back on again.

I hate taking it back because its a Tiny Notebook and you get stuck on their £1 per minute lines and then after 10 mins they say they'll take it in

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(^^;?(Hmmm, Surely it depends upon the dealer's conscience, in some case it'll cost more than new one.)

But it is very difficult for the unexperienced to take it into pieces without damage. In addition, it is uncertain whether necessary parts (inverters or so) is available or not.

Consult your friends or acquaintances who have such a skill. Otherwise they would introduce you consciencious shops or dealers.

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