On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have a Dell Vostro 1710 laptop. All of a sudden the built-in screen has > raster but nothing on it. If I plug in an external monitor it works fine. > I'm wondering if anyone has a clue what' going on. > I'm not sure what "has raster" means. If you can shine a flashlight on the screen and make out a ghosted image, it's likely the backlight is not working. You could also veryify by booting with a live CD to ensure it's not just an OS/video driver software problem. It could just be a loose cable. The two main components of the backlight are an inverter and a cold cathode flourescent tube on older laptops, an LED backlight on more recent ones. These are repairable/replaceable, but at some cost. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4uOpGD7NhwAz21ZiN+anCvwZm=+c-2fztzntcjcfsg...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
