T42 Screen has orange Tint on low contrasts

[shienfoo]

Hello all,

I'm having a rather odd problem with my T42's display screen. It seems that whenever the brightness is not set to max, the screen develops an orange tint that begins near the two metal hinges at the bottom of the screen. It begins there and slowly spreads throughout the screen; eventually the whole screen is tinted orange. The weird thing is that at max brightness, the problem doesn't appear.

If you bring the screen out of suspend, the orange tint is there and slowly disappears as the contrast slowly increases.

What do you guys think I should try? Is sending it for repairs the only option?

Thanks all,
Shien

[vlyne]

I've got the same problem with a T23. I'm afraid the backlight is on the way out. It's only a matter of time before the tint turns to a black screen

You can try and fix it yourself but you need to a steady pair of hands and lots of patience.
Cheers

[shienfoo]

Thanks for the reply. Guess I'll be sending this in for repairs once the semester finishes.

Shien

[GomJabbar]

Here are a couple of sites (related) that I ran across regarding backlight replacement. I personally have not used these people so I cannot vouch for them.

LCD CCFL Replacement Lamps

Backlight Replacement Service