Inverter and Backlight problems

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I am posting this, just incase somebody does a search for problems with the backlight or inverter. The problem was actualy with the power adaptor.

I recently thought that the inverter on my screen was going. The brightness of the screen would lighten and darken randomly. I couldn't figure out what was happening until I took a look at my battery log. My power adapter went bad. The power drops were so short, I could barely see the LED flicker. The power saving features of OSX were dimming the screen in response to being either on or off AC. The battery icon showed Calculating, instead of charging, AC, or battery.

X-Charge How I generated the log.
SlimBattery a replacement for the menubar icon.

2005-11-06 08:50:59: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 08:51:04: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 08:51:19: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 08:51:24: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 08:51:39: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 08:51:49: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 09:22:34: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 09:22:39: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 10:22:24: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 10:22:29: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 10:31:09: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 10:31:14: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 10:42:54: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 10:42:59: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 10:51:29: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 10:51:34: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 10:59:24: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 10:59:29: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:21:54: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:21:59: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:22:29: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:22:34: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:27:04: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:27:09: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:31:39: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:31:44: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:33:14: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:33:19: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:36:49: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:36:54: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:44:09: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:44:14: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:48:34: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:48:39: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:48:54: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:48:59: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:50:04: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:50:09: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:53:44: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:53:49: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:56:49: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:56:54: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 11:57:14: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 11:57:19: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 12:02:24: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 12:02:29: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 12:04:49: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 12:04:54: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 12:07:19: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 12:08:09: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 12:19:02: --- System going to sleep... (battery charge = 98%)
2005-11-06 15:21:43: --- System waking up... (battery charge = 98%)
2005-11-06 15:56:41: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 15:59:51: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:15:36: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:15:41: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:16:16: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:16:21: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:20:16: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:20:21: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:22:06: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:22:11: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:38:46: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:38:51: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:42:51: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:42:56: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:45:56: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:46:01: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:48:51: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:49:01: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:51:36: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:51:41: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:56:51: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:56:56: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 17:57:31: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 17:57:36: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:25:56: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 18:26:01: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:29:21: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 18:29:26: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:31:01: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 18:31:11: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:32:11: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 18:32:16: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:32:51: Charger unplugged
2005-11-06 18:33:01: Charger plugged
2005-11-06 18:35:13: --- X-Charge terminated

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