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My backlight has gone out a few times today--I can barely see the contents of my desktop in the black screen. Sleeping/waking up the computer restores the backlight, somehow.

Additionally, the last few weeks I've noticed that the screen as a pink hue when I start up the computer. The pink hue seems to be getting worse (pinker) at startup, but it always fades away.

Finally, I notice that sometimes today there has been a quick, faint flickering (like a CRT monitor with its refresh rate set a little too low).

My thinking is that the LCD backlight (CCFL) or the inverter needs to be replaced. I've seen that lots of people have done this on T4x and older systems but I've not seen anybody say they've done it successfully on a T60.

Additionally, I am not sure where I can buy the CCFL.

Any pointers would be very much appreciated.

I know there is a guy on these forums that does CCFL replacements but I'd like to do it myself if possible.

user jamiphar on this forum is the best one to contact for backlight repair or replacement.

see his thread here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=48458

and his ad above:

oh and beyond that, doesn't your system have warranty remaining? I still have warranty till 2010 on my T60 so when did you get yours? Maybe you got the 1yr warranty to save some dollars but check that out at least.

My warranty was for one year and already expired.

I am surprised to have this problem because usually backlights do not go out so quickly.

I'd like to fix it myself as I've heard it really isn't *that* hard.