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Need help with LCD screen

Discussion in 'Mobile Computing' started by xxdanielxx, Jun 20, 2008.

  1. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    hey I am working on a buddies laptop. He has this problem where the screen is very

    dim the image comes on but is very faint. He bought a new inverter which did not fix

    the problem so we tried to connect a new backlight to the inverter which also did not

    fix the problem also we got a new lcd cable which also did not fix the problem should

    we just get a new screen or is it a problem with the motherboard. Thanks
  2. Whiffen Newcomer, in training Posts: 323

    The screen is probably the problem.
  3. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    Does an external monitor look ok?
  4. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    Yes it works fine with the external display
  5. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    Go ahead and get a new LCD panel... external monitor ok, motherboard ok
  6. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    thats what i thought i got the lcd coming threw ebay. Hey there is this person i know

    neighbor he asked if i could look at his laptop his screen gets scrambled. When i

    turned the wireless card off from the switch the lcd comes back to normal so i thought ok it

    is the wireless card but know it does it with out the card. It works fine on the external

    display also if it starts to do it and i connect it to the external it comes back to normal. Is it

    the screen or can it be a lcd cable/inverter. thanks
     
  7. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    I would say a loose connection or a bad LCD cable
  8. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    well i tried this

    reset the lcd cable on both the lcd and the mobo

    reset the inverter cable

    applied new compound on the cpu

    check if all fans are working
  9. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    Ok see if an external monitor shows the same symtoms
  10. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    As I said above it actually fixes the screen

    when it has this problem i just connect it and out of nowhere the screen works perfect. I've tested all the hardware Ram, Hdd & Mobo all is working fine
  11. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    So when watching the external screen, does it's screen ever show the scrambling at all?
  12. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    no nor does it show on the laptop it self.

    Also i tried to reinstall the video driver
  13. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    hey the screen for the hp came in to day, changed it but still the same problem
  14. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,719   +61

    The motherboard is the problem then
  15. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    Hey there is this person i know

    neighbor he asked if i could look at his laptop his screen gets scrambled. When i

    turned the wireless card off from the switch the lcd comes back to normal so i thought ok it

    is the wireless card but know it does it with out the card. It works fine on the external

    display also if it starts to do it and i connect it to the external it comes back to normal. Is it

    the screen or can it be a lcd cable/inverter. thanks


    below are links to some pictures of what happens this is while I was running memtest

    Normal
    http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2461/memtestcu5.jpg

    Scrambled
    http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6850/memtest2cw4.jpg
  16. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    Hey one more thing if I turn the wireless card on from the switch the screen turns

    the way it looks on the picture but when I turn it off it goes rainbow colors then if I

    wait it goes back to normal.
  17. xxdanielxx Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,214

    hey if anyone has the problem with the screen being scrambled it was due to the circuit board on the lcd screen