faint X screen

[Tapas Ranjan]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Rick Stevens wrote:

> Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi :
> >>>	Though it is not a linux problem, but I thought to post it. Just 
> >>>two hours ago, my laptop screen got fainted. I can hardly see anything 
> >>>on the X. Somehow I manage to reboot it and found the same thing in 
> >>>Windows partition as well. The screen has almost no light in it even 
> >>>though there is plug-power.
> >>>	My first thought why this happened is probably because I watched 
> >>>DVD continously for few hours which broke some of the hardware inside.:(
> >>>Any suggestion.
> >>
> >>It happens.  Sounds like the backlight on your screen pooped out and
> >>what you can see is only with the aid of reflected light.  There's not
> >>much you can do beyond doing a complete reset of the BIOS.  If the
> > 
> > 
> > How to do a reset of BIOS ? I have no idea. Few months ago I did a BIOS
> > upgrade for this comp via DELL site.
> 
> When you boot your machine and enter the BIOS setup (usually by hitting
> the DEL key), there may be an option to reset the machine.  If there is,
> try it.  If not, you may be able to do a hard reset, but for laptops
> that usually means a trip to the repair shop (they have to open the
> machine and install a jumper, then remove it).
> 
	No chance. I've sent it already to the DELL repair shop.
Thanks for your answers and notes.

> >>backlight did die, then getting it repaired can cost a lot of money
> >>if the machine isn't under warranty.  It's often cheaper to chuck the
> >>machine and get a new one.  I had one once that would cost $500 US to
> >>repair, but a replacement machine was $1200.  I went with the new
> >>machine (was faster and had more RAM, to boot).
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, I think it has valid warranty period. You've written somethng 
> > about RAM, do you think it also can caused by RAM. I had a 640 RAM
> > in this comp. Can watching DVDs hamper your screen light ? Hope to get
> > a reply.
> 
> No, RAM would have nothing to do with this.  It's either part of the
> driver hardware or the backlight that broke.
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