Desktop and laptop computer LCD monitors sport a long light bulb to display the video. When this bulb burns out, the screen dims to almost black. Failing backlights can also cause the picture to ...

[Lee Davison] acquired an Acer laptop that didn’t have a display anymore. He had enough parts on hand to add in an LCD panel and give it a CCFL backlight. But when he started looking for an inverter ...

If you’re like most of us here at Hack a Day, you probably shudder at the amount of e-waste that gets thrown out — here’s a clever way to make some good use out of a broken laptop screen! [Victor] ...

The first step is to perform a hard reset on your computer. Follow these steps: Turn off your computer. Remove the peripherals and the battery (if it is a laptop). Disconnect the power cord. Now, ...

History of my Samsung Q35: 1# The LCD is "failing" in that the backlight sometimes goes off. But with the right light angle it is possible that the LCD pixels still show the image. 2# It would go off ...

LED-backlit panels are becoming more and more mainstream, with nearly every 16:9 laptop coming out lately boasting that feature. Apple said as early as 2008 they would start using LED backlights for ...

Thinkpad t61, had it about 2-3 years. Heavy usage. Today, the screen slightly bugged out. The left side became dim and lines appeared, like something was wrong with the backlight. After ten minutes it ...