Forgive me...

That's more sad then imaginable, we (computer folk) put a lot of time 
and effort in to our machines. It's like loosing a girl friend, but when 
you get a new one it's faster and easier to use :-D

Sam.

Josh Trutwin wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:37:02 -0600
>"John T. Hoffoss" <hoff0438 at umn.edu> wrote:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>At least I can still SSH in and recove my files.
>
>Josh
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