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re: laptop - Gateway Solo 2300
Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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Posted by bob wells (1351 messages posted)


Adam,

Probably the screen Backlight Tube or Inverter or Both.

Check the link below.

http://www.bztechservices.com/gatewaylaptopparts.htm

BW



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On Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm, Adam wrote:
>Hi
>
>
>Just queering about my old laptop that runs W98. This problem just happened once
>the computer loaded to the desktop.
>
>A few days ago, the screen just faded to a really dull black colour, now the only
>way to see the screen is to shine a really bright lamp onto the screen.
>
>Is this a sign of faulty graphic card drivers or a slowly dieing lcd panel. ???
>
>I've then viewed the hardware in device manager to find no problem / software seems
>to detect that it is running with the same driver installed long ago.
>
>Other Control Panel settings have been played around with and wont help with brightening
>up the screen contrast or colour or whatever it may be...
>
>If you need additional information, i'll be glad to reply.
>
>
>
>Regards
>Adam - .au




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laptop - Gateway Solo 2300 (Adam: Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm)

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-laptop - Gateway Solo 2300 (Adam: Sat, Jun 14, 2008, 6:30 pm)
*Laptop screen is unreadable until you shine a lamp on it (gewg_: Sat, Jun 14, 2008, 10:37 pm)
*re: laptop - Gateway Solo 2300 (bob wells: Sat, Jun 14, 2008, 11:25 pm)
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