lappy query

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I've got a toshiba lappy here and when you swtich it on, the screen comes on for about 5 seconds and then goes off.
could this be the inverter?
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[Inkognito]

I had one that did that.
Turned out the charger was knackered.

[locked]

well when the screen goes off, I can just about see the home screen. Its extremely dim so I know its definatly running. I just not sure whether the back lights gone or its the inverter.
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on the look out for my next bike....
CBT Passed - 13/09/09 Theroy Passed - 19/12/09 Mod 1 Passed 04/05/10 Mod 2 Passed 14/05/10 - Free to ride ANYTHING!
Motorcycles are perfectly safe as long as you remember they're dangerous.

[Inkognito]

It will be the back light then.
That happened on my wifes old HP DV6 laptop. She had to use the bedroom telly as a screen for like 6 months because she refused to get a new laptop lol.

It can be fixed though. There is a woman on ebay who fixes laptops and she said it was a simple fix.
We also used her to fix an old ibm where the keyboard was shot.

Edit:
Normally i'd try and fix it myself but laptops are quite annoying to work on because everything is conencted to something and there's a million tiny screws everywhere. If you miss one something will break when you pull stuff off lol.
It could just be a bad connection so if you're handy with that stuff yourself there's a few guides on Youtube on how to take laptops apart and fix various stuff.

[Frost]

Laptop screen are very dim without the backlight, so it does sound a lot like that.