T43p LCD display issue

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beingboston81 · #1 Post by **beingboston81** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:24 pm

I have a T43p that is having an issue with the LCD, there is no picture or back light on the display. I'm able to get a picture using an external monitor though.

My friend's dog knocked it off the table and it was working for a few days with minimal issues, then the laptop started freezing on me, now the display will not work. I opened the laptop and have tried reseating the display cable as well as the RAM.

I haven't had any system freezes since I opened the laptop, but the LCD is still not working.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Tim

#2 Post by **richk** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:32 am

I'm guessing the drop cracked the solder connection to the graphics chip.

#3 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:41 am

Remove the keyboard, but keep it's connector attached. Push down on the large ATI (white lettered) GPU. Depending on the machine it may be hidden by a heatsink (copper with heatpipe arrangement). While pushing down, hit the power button. Does the LCD light up?

citizenNB · #4 Post by **citizenNB** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:09 am

Hi,

you said, the image you get an a external display is fine? If you look from the site with an acute angle on the ThinkPad's display is there a very poor image you could see hardly? If so, the CCFL (background light) is broken.

citizenNB

T43p LCD display issue

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