On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:37:02 -0600, John T. Hoffoss <hoff0438 at umn.edu> wrote: > Your backlight went out. An LCD has a lightbulb behind the screen (on > many laptops, you can see the light itself if you look from the side, > just between the bezel and screen. This is almost always covered by > warranty, but a 5150 is way too old to be covered. You might be able to > get a scrapped one with a functional screen off eBay. Otherwise, Gateway > will probably still repair it, but they'll probably charge in the > neighborhood of $300. Check with them before you lose all hope, though. > Perhaps there are generic LCD backlights you can buy and install, too. I > have no real idea about that. > > Sorry I don't have better news for you. > ' Ooo Ooo Ooo.... what was the name of that local Auction site? it was in a post a while ago... They had a bunch of junk laptops that were going for like $50 for like 10... I'll check my history file but someone may have it on the tip of their KB.... > John > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Josh Trutwin >> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:52 PM >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: [TCLUG] [OT] Laptop LCD Problems >> >> >> I have a laptop that is running Linux but I d not think this >> is a linux problem. Yesterday I powered off my old Gateway >> 5150 and today when I powered it back on, the LCD screen is >> EXTREMEMELY dark, almost completely black, but if you look >> very closely you can barely see the boot messages and the GDM >> login prompt when it comes up and I can SSH in. If I plug it >> into a monitor it looks fine too. No matter what I try I >> cannot get the brightness back to an even readable level. >> This occurs right from the BIOS messages so it has to be a >> hardware issue. >> >> Anyone have any suggestions? (Yes, I tried the brightness >> function keys) >> >> Anyone know of a good repair shop otherwise? I don't want to >> junk this thing as I spent so much time getting it just the >> way I like it. >> >> Thx, >> >> Josh > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list