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

[t takahashi]

ok, a followup so that others with the same problem can search
for it.  my next message is to adrian privately.

i took apart the display assembly.  it went very well, although
i left minor scratches because i don't have a "plastic scribe".

i removed the card in the lowerish leftish centerish part of this picture:

        http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/655290~75bfe6de6fd11513cceafc54af4bf7c1/P1010003.JPG

i don't know how to remove the metal plate covering the card, so i can't
check for a hairline crack, but the cables look ok to me.  which might
not mean much :-).

i reinserted the cables and started it up partly disassembled.
same as before: works perfectly, then the video goes completely
dim all of a sudden a few minutes later.

>The bright initial display indicates a good backlight. For the video,
a simple test would be to
> plug a monitor into the laptop after the LCD has gone dim... If the monitor
> displays fine then your video card is fine.

external display works fine.

On 6/11/05, Adrian <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote:
> OK, definately looks to be integrated into the LCD assembelly. Remember,
> Google is your friend... "inspiron 8100 inverter", first result is on

i actually read that entire thread before posting, with a text browser.  for
some reason the caption ("here's teh back") didn't jump out at me as
being relevant to the inverter's location, at the time. :-)