draculaz opened this issue on Jul 23, 2005 ยท 11 posts
pauljs75 posted Mon, 25 July 2005 at 1:57 AM
Sometimes the screen on my ol' Presario 1690 goes on the fritz like that. (It barely lights up.) So far I've only been able to attribute it to the wiring or associated connector being bad. Opening it up and then slapping the monitor screen shut a few times seems to fix it. Just don't do it too much harder than what it takes to close it normally. (I've already mentioned that to you in chat though.) If it's a just a connection that's bad, finding info on how to open up the 'puter online is a good start. Then it's just a matter of reseating the offending ribbon cable. (If the laptop sees a lot of use and abuse, it's not that hard for some cables to work loose.)
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