[clug] how to test blank laptop screen

Eyal Lebedinsky eyal at eyal.emu.id.au
Mon Jan 4 18:49:54 MST 2010


OK, I set up some strong lighting and I could (just) read the screen when
I configured it to "mirror" the LCD+VGA.

So I assume this is a backlight issue, either the actual light or the
driving power.

Thanks Everyone

Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> I have this oldish laptop that is OK except that I get no output on the 
> screen.
> The external VGA is just fine.
> 
> I assume that if the screen works but the back-light does not then I may 
> be able
> to tell by reading the screen under the reflection of a strong light.
> 
> Is this so?

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)


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