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    Satellite A105 - Screen blacks out

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by deejay22, Dec 2, 2007.

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    deejay22 Newbie

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    My screen blacks out after about an hour of use. First there are a few flickers and then I get a dark gray screen with a few horizontal white lines about a third way down the screen. The computer works, the keyboard works but the screen is dead until I start the computer back up again and then all is fine.

    I tried removing the battery while it was blacked out and the screen started flashing white bits but it remained black. I tried running the computer without the battery but it also blacked out, though it took longer for it to do so. While blacked out I connected an external video but I got no picture. I have yet to try running it from start up on an external screen.

    What can it be? I have read on some sites about screens and invertors. Could it a problem with one of those, and if so how do I determine which it is?

    Many thanks.
     
    deejay22, Dec 2, 2007
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