This topic has undoubtedly been brought up in other threads, but I've had a look and can't find one that solves my specific problem - if you know of one then I'd be grateful if you'd post a link to it in this thread.
Anyway...
The backlight had been playing up for a few months now ever since (don't know if this was just coincidence) I shut the laptop down after turning the backlight all the way down.
It used to be really temperamental and would flicker a bit then go black, but I found if I turned the backlight all the way down using the keys on the keyboard, then turned it up again, the backlight would come back on (but never permanently, sometimes lasting hours, other times mere seconds)
However about a month ago it died completely, no more flickering just constantly black and no matter how many times I tried turning the backlight off and on it wouldn't come back. I searched the forums and found someone with a similar problem (the flickering backlight) and he was advised to put in a new inverter - which I did but to no avail.
Not sure if this is any helpful info but just in case: Before it died completely but was still temperamental, if I was to shut it down on say 4 bars of backlight, (usually anything too bright and it would just go black again) when I next turned it on it would still be set to 4 bars. However after it died completely, no matter what setting it was on before I shut it down, when I turned it back on it would always be set to full - Again I don't know if this has any bearing on why it isn't working but I thought i'd say so just in case.
It'd just be really helpful if anyone knows why it isn't working and what my options are for sorting it out. I purchased it in september 2007 if that helps in any way - muchos thanks in advance!
Anyway...
The backlight had been playing up for a few months now ever since (don't know if this was just coincidence) I shut the laptop down after turning the backlight all the way down.
It used to be really temperamental and would flicker a bit then go black, but I found if I turned the backlight all the way down using the keys on the keyboard, then turned it up again, the backlight would come back on (but never permanently, sometimes lasting hours, other times mere seconds)
However about a month ago it died completely, no more flickering just constantly black and no matter how many times I tried turning the backlight off and on it wouldn't come back. I searched the forums and found someone with a similar problem (the flickering backlight) and he was advised to put in a new inverter - which I did but to no avail.
Not sure if this is any helpful info but just in case: Before it died completely but was still temperamental, if I was to shut it down on say 4 bars of backlight, (usually anything too bright and it would just go black again) when I next turned it on it would still be set to 4 bars. However after it died completely, no matter what setting it was on before I shut it down, when I turned it back on it would always be set to full - Again I don't know if this has any bearing on why it isn't working but I thought i'd say so just in case.
It'd just be really helpful if anyone knows why it isn't working and what my options are for sorting it out. I purchased it in september 2007 if that helps in any way - muchos thanks in advance!