[Thinkpad] A31p LCD

[David Ross]

> I would guess the inverter, but could be the backlight or the cable.

Well, those were my guesses (er, not the cable, though we did try
reseating it).  That's why I was hoping for a diagnostic sequence,
before sinking money into buying/shipping parts.

BTW Bruce, this is a machine you might recognize...

David R.


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Ross" <ross at math.hawaii.edu>
> To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:28 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] A31p LCD
>
>
> > The display on a colleague's A31p just died.  It displays to a
monitor,
> > not to the LCD, even at the initial boot level, and there is a faint
> > screen image under strong reflected light, but absolutely no trace
of
> > light coming from the machine itself.  The obvious candidate is that
> > backlight, but it apparently died instantly with no warning, and in
my
> > experience backlight failure is a gradual thing, preceded by
> > warnings/red hues/etc.  The other obvious possibility is the
inverter.
> > Is there any way to diagnose which it is before sourcing a
replacement
> > part?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David R.
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