Laptop Screen

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:06 pm

I have my brother in laws laptop here it is a HP zt1130. He said the screen is really dark so I plugged it in and booted it up and for second I saw the safemode selection screen. I hit enter then I could not see anything. I tried it in a well lit and pitch black area and found when I shine a flashlight on it I can see the desktop icons and everything. So my guess is the backlight is dead. Any other ideas on what to try on it.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:07 pm

Can you connect it to another monitor and check to see if it's not the video card thats dead

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:15 pm

Thats what I will do in a few minutes since the only monitor I have is the one I am on now.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:27 pm

Someone went through this a couple months back. It's the backlight that went out. They wound up replacing it.

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Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:11 pm

Yeah, if shining a really bright flashlight on the screen lets you see the text, it means the backlight burned out, everything else is fine, video card and all.

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:29 pm

It seem if I leave it off for a while and turn it back on the screen is fine but if I reboot or close the top, putting it into standby, it goes black till I let it sit for awhile again. I was thinking maybe heat but I have had it on for the last 4 hours and it didn't go black yet.