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I have this laptop with a weird problem. The screen suddenly turned off while I was working,it didn't fix the problem by restarting it. I could still see a picture on the screen when the sun is shining on it.
When i press the Fn+F6 combination to turn on my backlight, it just flashes for half a second and turns off. I replaced the faulty inverter a week ago so i doubt that it's the inverters problem because the screen wouldn't get any kind of light from the bulb before.
Another thing i noticed that the picture was red after turning the laptop on(the colours got normal after a minute ) , and the lower two corners of the screen weren't lit as good as the entire screen.
Could it be the backlight bulb?
+1 Wil: Screens starting up with a red tint that slowly corrects itself has often been down to bad capacitors on the display main power feed. This does sound like power feed/inverter problem - especially if the DC power feed to the inverter is the bit at fault. – Linker3000 – 2011-06-06T11:10:29.637
Luckily i have a spare display , but the problem is my laptop wont turn on with a that other screen is connected. Yeah I was hoping that i'll get away with spending just a little money for a laptop wich I found on a street in Norway :) Not a new one ,it's an Acer aspire 1640z, and gosh the cooling design is the worst i ever seen in a laptop. Thanks for answer tho :) – Tom – 2011-06-06T15:18:21.563
Wow, I never have that luck :/ ... and yeah, can't beat free! – William Hilsum – 2011-06-06T15:20:31.077
1Alright so i tested the other screen, it is white ,meaning the bulb is the problem . Thank you for educating me :) Never knew hardware can be so "mystical" – Tom – 2011-06-06T16:06:35.237