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problems on thinkpad 600 e display

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:44 am
by enrique
My 600 E has a problem in the display, when you start it, the backlight of the display starts to flash and sometime it gets lite and sometimes not, it is a big problem so I can not use it. SOS

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:23 am
by mdbrown
Failing inverter board. Cheap on ebay. Good luck.

problems on thinkpad 600 e display

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:41 am
by Rick Aguinaldo
It could also be the backlight - a fluorescent stick that is an integral part of the display panel which is practically impossible to replace. Hence, the practical recourse would be a replacement display panel or the "upper part" of the 600 series Thinkpad that are available at eBay.

I had similar dim screen

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:19 pm
by Chuck1856
And I bought a used inverter on ebay. I put it in and the screen is the same. Comes on for a few seconds and then gets so dim its useless. It does work with an external monitor.

ALthough it could be the inverter I bought is also faulty, I think it means something else is wrong. Do I need to replace the whole screen?

TIA,
Chuck

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:21 am
by Bruce Guttman
If the inverter is good, your LCD (or at least the backlight stick) may be bad. It's probably time for the "upper half" solution.

Hope this helps.