FUBAR laptop screen.

Arch-Angel · 30th March 2006, 12:23 PM

The screen on my bosses Dell lappy just crapped itself.

It still seems to work, because you can just faintly see it, but it doesn't seems to be backlighting or something.
I hooked it up to an external monitor, and it shows up fine.

Any ideas what has happened to the screen? It'll still be under warranty anyway, but I just wanna impress everyone at work with my 133t troubleshooting skills

yoink · 30th March 2006, 12:27 PM

Like you said: the back-light is broken; more than likely, specifically the CCFL

Arch-Angel · 30th March 2006, 12:47 PM

wikked.

Now to show up Brian in accounts!

OCAU, you've done it again!

yoink · 30th March 2006, 1:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arch-Angel

wikked.

Now to show up Brian in accounts!

OCAU, you've done it again!

What did Brian think the problem was?

Arch-Angel · 30th March 2006, 1:35 PM

He was saying 'bulb is broken'.

I knew it must have something to do with backlighting, since it was faintly visible, and working fine on external monitor- but I'd never heard the word lamp used for anything other than projectors and rear-pros. (CRT's use tubes right- no backlighting there?) Certainly didn't think LCD's had 'bulb'.

A bit of a crowd had gathered around the lappy when I got there (after posting). I pulled out the word CCFL, and they all thought I was BS'ing. I used my new found education to inform them all that LCD's use Cold Cathode Fluroescent Lamps and they all went "Whoa! You sure know a lot!"

+1 Brownie points to Me. -1 Brownie points to Brian.

30th March 2006, 12:23 PM	#1
Arch-Angel Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane Posts: 4,359	FUBAR laptop screen. The screen on my bosses Dell lappy just crapped itself. It still seems to work, because you can just faintly see it, but it doesn't seems to be backlighting or something. I hooked it up to an external monitor, and it shows up fine. Any ideas what has happened to the screen? It'll still be under warranty anyway, but I just wanna impress everyone at work with my 133t troubleshooting skills

30th March 2006, 12:27 PM	#2
yoink Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,762	Like you said: the back-light is broken; more than likely, specifically the CCFL __________________ Over 200 trades and counting! BatteryFree Mouse! Where is your avatar? Fake Memory Cards Paxjs vobiscum!

30th March 2006, 12:47 PM	#3
Arch-Angel Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane Posts: 4,359	wikked. Now to show up Brian in accounts! OCAU, you've done it again!

30th March 2006, 1:35 PM	#5
Arch-Angel Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane Posts: 4,359	He was saying 'bulb is broken'. I knew it must have something to do with backlighting, since it was faintly visible, and working fine on external monitor- but I'd never heard the word lamp used for anything other than projectors and rear-pros. (CRT's use tubes right- no backlighting there?) Certainly didn't think LCD's had 'bulb'. A bit of a crowd had gathered around the lappy when I got there (after posting). I pulled out the word CCFL, and they all thought I was BS'ing. I used my new found education to inform them all that LCD's use Cold Cathode Fluroescent Lamps and they all went "Whoa! You sure know a lot!" +1 Brownie points to Me. -1 Brownie points to Brian.