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    T61 display fix gone awry?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pitamista, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. pitamista

    pitamista Newbie

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    Hi,

    I recently cracked the LCD (just a small fall off of my chair and bang! arrr!) on my T61 (P/N 43T0405) and got a replacement (13N7163 was sent). At first, when I plugged in the replacement, I could see a very faint Thinkpad startup logo, then the rest was too dark to see.

    Now, when I plug in both my cracked LCD and the new LCD to the inverter ONLY, I get a beautiful lit up LCD in both cases, which leads me to believe that the inverter works fine. When I have the data/LCD hookup plugged in along with the power into the inverter board, the computer turns off within a second or so.

    The computer works fine on an external display...it's what I'm typing on right now...

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Peter
     
    pitamista, Dec 7, 2007
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  2. optomos

    optomos Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds like a DOA LCD backlight.
     
    optomos, Dec 7, 2007
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