Kismet
April 26th 06, 10:10 PM
Hi There, Had a problem on a latitude lite that, it was the ribbon connector
from the display to the motherboard that needed reseaing, the strip at the
top of the keyboard flips off then remove a couple of screws to lift the
keyboard and get to the connector itself, just reseat it
hope that helps
" wrote:
> The other days I left my laptop on for a couple hours (3-4) and when I
> returned and moved the mouse so it would exit the "screen sleep" state
> if flickered and the lcd screen was visible for a second or two then it
> went very dim. (enough to see slight shadows but not enough to
> distinguish what is on the screen).
>
> The laptop still functions ok, because I connected it to an external
> monitor and I can use it with out any issues.
>
> Also, when booting up I can see the DELL startup screen, the LCD dims
> when windows takes over.
>
> With the external monitor I was able to go into the device manager, no
> errors when shown.
>
> Any suggestions?? Thanks!
>
>
from the display to the motherboard that needed reseaing, the strip at the
top of the keyboard flips off then remove a couple of screws to lift the
keyboard and get to the connector itself, just reseat it
hope that helps
" wrote:
> The other days I left my laptop on for a couple hours (3-4) and when I
> returned and moved the mouse so it would exit the "screen sleep" state
> if flickered and the lcd screen was visible for a second or two then it
> went very dim. (enough to see slight shadows but not enough to
> distinguish what is on the screen).
>
> The laptop still functions ok, because I connected it to an external
> monitor and I can use it with out any issues.
>
> Also, when booting up I can see the DELL startup screen, the LCD dims
> when windows takes over.
>
> With the external monitor I was able to go into the device manager, no
> errors when shown.
>
> Any suggestions?? Thanks!
>
>