Re: [PLUG] OT: 1-color LCD

[<kamiza103@yahoo.co.jp>]

I was told that the person fell and the laptop landed flat on either the top or bottom.  No way to know which.

My son dropped his old Nintendo GBA SP and it doesn't light up now either.  I had just replaced the motherboard!  Well, the LCD was usually dim to begin with.  I think it was brighter with the original motherboard.  I might check into a backlight for that as well, but maybe
 not.  We have Nintendo DS'es now.  heh


Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:

i've done a fair bit of laptop hw repair. i'd (carefully) pry your top half of the laptop apart (the screen part. you'll need a set of jeweler's/circuitry's screwdrivers to do this, the screws are quite tiny).

the backlight is a rather fragile thing, so i wouldn't be surprised much if it did break. i'd have to know which way it landed, where it hit first, and what the floor was made of to be of any more help.

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From: kamiza103@yahoo.co.jp
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:16:59 -0500
Subject: [PLUG] OT: 1-color LCD

If a person dropped a laptop and the LCD no longer lights up, but an external monitor works fine, what are the chances of the problem being just a broken backlight?  What else is the problem likely to be?

 

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