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    pink display at start up?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by daniel_leavitt2000, May 31, 2007.

  1. daniel_leavitt2000

    daniel_leavitt2000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a satellite 5205. The display glows pink instead of white when it first turns on. It goes white after about 10 seconds. Is this an indication that there is a problem?
     
    daniel_leavitt2000, May 31, 2007
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    I am curious to see the responses to this. Sometimes I see this same problem on the system I support at work - its using an Nvidia graphics card. No other problems - just a segmented pink screen for a few seconds...
     
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    Mine isn't segmented. It is as if the backlight is pink, but returns to a normal shade of white after a few seconds.
     
    daniel_leavitt2000, May 31, 2007
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    The backlight or inverter is bad. The backlight is like a mini flourescent can suffer from the same problems (off-color, poor start times, sudden death etc.)
     
    timfountain, May 31, 2007
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    do you know how long i would have before it will die?
     
    daniel_leavitt2000, Jun 1, 2007
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