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    Screen flickering on Dv5z!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Jacobman, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. Jacobman

    Jacobman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Last night when I opened my laptop the screen flickered violently and then the backlight turned off! I plugged it in to the wall and it seemed to fix it but then this morning with it plugged in it flickered violently and went half and half, i wiggled the screen around and now its stable. Any ideas on why this would happen, i believe im still within warranty for another month or so. Not sure if it matters but i have the 1680x1050 screen.
     
    Jacobman, Jul 22, 2009
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's probably the LCD inverter, assuming that it was just the backlight flickering and that the display itself was not distorted. It could also be a loose cable. The CCFL backlight could be going bad but usually you'll see a pinkish glow when that happens. Since you're within your warranty, if you can consistently reproduce the behavior I'd back up your data and let HP deal with it.
     
    brianstretch, Jul 23, 2009
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