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Display Gone!

Live at Three · 2010-09-13 19:43:36

Hi. I was just using my laptop, playing age of empires, when the screen suddenly went black. I can see very faintly if I do some things on the screen, it's as if the brightness has been turned down all the way. Everything else seems to be working fine. I can operate by using a projector plugged into the laptop but…

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13-09-2010 8:43pm

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Live at Three

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Hi. I was just using my laptop, playing age of empires, when the screen suddenly went black. I can see very faintly if I do some things on the screen, it's as if the brightness has been turned down all the way. Everything else seems to be working fine. I can operate by using a projector plugged into the laptop but unfortunately the screen seems to be shagged.

Any ideas what happened? Is there any hope that this is just some sort of a display or driver issue and not that I've just fried my screen?

And are screens expensive to replace? (compaq presario CQ60)

Thanks
L@3

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#2 13-09-2010 9:37pm
Solitaire

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Backlight has died, either itself, or its inverter, or the cabling going between them and power. The inverter's the usual suspect. I doubt the panel itself is damaged in any way.

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