[Tfug] dell 8100 dim screen (was: anybody have a laptop video card?)

[Adrian]

On Friday 10 June 2005 13:37, t takahashi wrote:
 
> if it's the inverter and you're still doing the ebay thing and there
> is no local source
> i might ask if you're willing to order for me (i forgot what your fee is).
> 

Unfortunately... I have yet to find any sort of local source for laptop 
parts.. Very few people (even the true computer shops) carry anything beyond 
harddrives and maybe a mobile CPU, if any laptop components at all... Mostly 
because, while the drive/CPU/etc are standard, the stuff they come wrapped in 
(the plastics, bit of board) are unique to one laptop or another... Well 
quite true, many laptops use nearly the same motherboards, even amoung 
different brand names, the laptops are actually all made a couple Taiwanese 
companies.. but the outer plastic are different between models, so it can be 
difficult to distingush between.

There are a couple different internet sites I will check (like 
laptopparts.com), but selection, availability, and price can very 
significantly. Ebay, of course, is the one stop for all... It appears there 
are atleast 2 different inverters used in the 8100, depending on which screen 
you have... Starting from somewhere around $5, up to $50, depending on the 
seller. You'll probably want to see about checking the cables into/out-of the 
inverter first, there may be a loose connection.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31534&item=5201861837&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31534&item=5206025042&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42187&item=6776092109&rd=1

My typical fee is a beer at some point in the future... but that varies 
depending on the youth of the client...

Adrian