Any computer guys out there, my laptop LCD screen just went dim and I can barely see anything on my screen. It has been normal all day until I watched a DVD on it and it just went dim out of nowhere.
It won't come back to normal. Any ideas on what could be wrong? Is my LCD screen just shot? Do they just stop working after a while?
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I have the same problem bro, get ready to pay out the backside to get it fixed. My computer went down in December and I'm still waiting for it to be fixed.
It's one of two things, it's either the bulb in your screen (which is cheap, but time consuming to fix) or it's the inverter itself (which is still relatively cheap, but time consuming). Paying for the part isn't bad, it's paying someone to fix it that's the problem.
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I don't know what to do. I might have to live with this for a while or I'll just get a new one. If I bend the screen down to a 90 degree angle directly into the light, I can make it out somewhat clearly. :sidelol:
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First of all, make sure you didn't hit the brightness control by mistake. I've done that more times than I care to admit. :lol:
If it's relatively new, you can call Dell's customer support to have it sent in for repair. If they won't take it, or you don't want to deal with that, then your only solution is to get a new laptop.
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Again, I've been going through this since mid December. :pity:
Another option is to go out and buy a monitor, although that sort of defeats the purpose of having a laptop that you can take anywhere. -
I really would not touch a Gateway. Caveat emptor with that, l2g. -
What specifically don't you like about Gateway computers? -
I wouldn't hold that against Sony, given that it lasted you three years.
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I definitely agree with Desides on this though, Gateway was awful. I owned one in college for about a week before I had it shipped back. I had the monitor go blank on me, shipped that back. Had the fan blow out within 3 days. Had to spend a whole weekend tearing apart the motherboard with their idiotic technical support. Then I just told them to keep it. I recommend Gateway only to people I feel deserve a miserable time of things and there's very few of those...
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I'm looking at this Sony Vaio in a Best Buy flyer I got in the mail.
For $899:
Intel Core Duo Processor
Windows Vista Home Premium
3GB DDR2 Memory
200 GB Hard Drive
Reads and writes dual layer DVD's and CD's
Intel PRO/Wireless-N Technology
Integrated Webcam
Microphone
14.1" XBRITE Widescreen
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That looks pretty good on paper. But what speed is the processor, what kind of video card does it have, and what will you be using it for?
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The flyer probably gives a model number for the processor; you can find out what speed it is based on a Google search of that model number. Core Duos (is it a Core Duo or a Core 2 Duo?) have a letter followed by 4 numbers.
If the most graphics-intensive activity you'll use it for is watching a video, then yeah, you're good on the graphics front. It's likely an Intel video card, which is fine for non-gaming tasks.
If you grab it, make sure to install your own copy of Vista (don't reinstall what Sony gives you, it reinstalls all the crapware with the OS), hit up Windows Update and install SP1, and make sure you update as many drivers as you can. 1 hour of work and you're set with the laptop for years. -
Here we go.
It's a Sony Vaio CR-410 with 1.83 GHz processor speed. -
The processor is a little old, and I'm worried about it being sub-2Ghz.
If you really want it, give it a shot. You can always return it. -
I don't know how these things work, but, couldn't I just buy a new LCD screen and replace the broken one? They are like $150 on EBay,
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Infact, that's what I'm doing. I'm having a guy switch inverters and then I'm putting my laptop on Ebay and I'm replacing it with an Acer. :up:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Acer...13348/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do