Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
So two days ago my laptop's display just turns off after a few minutes of use for no reason. I start it back up and its working fine- then it happens again after a few minutes. Eventually the laptop display fails to turn on at all, but the system can boot up normally and everything is responsive, which confused me. So i did some research and ended up removing the display lid and reseating all the monitor cables. Laptop started up properly but again after a few minutes the screen shut off- so i decided to do more research and narrowed it down to a broken inverter. I flashed a light on my screen and could see the laptop was operating and POSTing as usual, i even managed to log on to my desktop and played around with some display settings that i thought may help, but the lcd backlight didn't want to turn on at all. As far as i could tell from my research, this means that i need to replace the lcd inverter.
The only problem is that I don't know where the inverter is or how to replace it. I know how to remove the display and the back cover (with the light-up alienhead on it) but i can't see the inverter board. If anyone could post a tutorial or show me how to get to the inverter (pictures would be super appreciated) so that i can install a new one i would be very very grateful.
Thanks in advance
p.s. i've been searching for this for a very long time and i can't find any solution. This is my first time posting on this forum so you can see how desperate i am
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problem is its out of warranty
i'm going to take it to the local tech store and have them diagnose it. I hope its the cable because that'd be much cheaper.
m17x r3 - replacing the lcd inverter (help urgently needed)
Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MrBasealot, Dec 2, 2013.
