On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:10:04 -0600, Johnny Fulcrum <johnnyfulcrum at mn.rr.com> wrote: > 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.... > Found it: http://www.smithmicrotech.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl maybe they'll have something you can hack.. > >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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