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    M17x R2 Screen Problem - Bad LCD Cable?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by gizmo22, Apr 3, 2014.

  1. gizmo22

    gizmo22 Notebook Consultant

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    Woe unto me.

    M17xR2 that has had a few issues. Thought there was an inverter issue causing my screen to give off a pinkish hue for a few moments on boot before immediately fading to black ( video linked here).

    Purchased an inverter, waited for inverter, received inverted, then attempted to install inverter. I challenge anyone to install a CCFL inverter on what turned out to be a RGB display.

    Now I have the same issue, but no idea what to replace. Does the whole screen need to be swapped, or is it possibly just a cable?
     
    gizmo22, Apr 3, 2014
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  2. maxslo

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    Cheaper would be to swap just the cable, but you should really make sure that everything else is ok, or else you are just wasting a lot of money on that laptop. :/
     
    maxslo, Apr 3, 2014
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