Hi All,
I have been given a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop (PIII summat) with a 'faulty' screen'.
The screen flashes and flickers when first switched on then over about
60 seconds reverts to black screen (but images can be seen with a bright light etc)[1]. Video is good when plugged into (and viewed on) an external monitor.As far as I can glean from other n/g's it is most likely to be inverter, backlight(s) or screen (so that's not ruling out something lurking elsewhere).
It would also seem a second hand interter could be found for (~£15 tubes would be more(?) and a screen a *lot* more and hence to my question ..
This seems quite a nice bit of kit (all the right ports etc) has a nice (and possibly good / unmarked) 15" screen and what appears to be a better battery than my new Tosh A60 ;-(
So, what are the odds on it being *just* inverter or backlights please? I would like get it sorted (myself of course) but not if it's gonna cost decent money (as I might be able to buy something similar on eBay quite cheap anyway?).
Sowhatdoureckon .. spares or repair?
All the best ..
T i m
[1] Turn on and you see the Dell BIOS screen at probably half brightness with a sorta mesh grid over it.It then turns to the XP splash screen which (I'm doing this as I type) is pretty clear (not pixilated, evenly illuminated, fairly bright but has a red hue) and that starts off being mainly 'on' but flashes off quite constantly / quickly (maybe 1-2 times / second). By the time the machine displays the desktop the screen is now more off than on and by the time all disk activity has finished the screen is constantly black.
Shining a bright light on the display shows a perfect screen, allowing you to open apps/ shut down the machine etc?