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. No problem, my guess was that the LCD just went bad. I took it apart as best I could and it doesn't look like I can just put a new lightbulb in and I'd have to replace the entire LCD. eBay had a bunch for 5150, but I think I'll just get a new one, time to move past the PII 233. At least I can still SSH in and recove my files. 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