T61 Dark right side of screen

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T61 Dark right side of screen

#1 Post by Masi_K » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:45 am

It has been always a bit dark ish. I had to use my laptop at my work for few days were I found out this. It gets dark after few hours of use. It doesn't seem to matter is background light lit or not. As long as laptop has been on like 4 or more hours, right side gets very dark. Dark area is about an inch wide and all the way high. Rest of the screen is okay. Is this a sign of worn out lcd panel? I had T20 with screen that had dark bottom area all day long even with new ccfl and this sounds too same..

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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:30 pm

Sounds rather like a bad CCFL.
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#3 Post by Neil » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:37 pm

Is there a sudden transition between the light and dark area, or does it fade into dark?
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#4 Post by Masi_K » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:20 am

It fades to the dark, but quickly. At win7 time and date are at dark area and keyboard language selection isn't.
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#5 Post by Neil » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:56 pm

^RealBlackStuff said it best above.^
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#6 Post by Masi_K » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:20 am

Ok. We shall see what's going to happen. There is no pink etc colours(yet) at boot up so it can take awhile.
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#7 Post by RealBlackStuff » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:54 pm

You don't need to see pink if the CCFL is broken, but still functioning for a short period (while cool).
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#8 Post by Masi_K » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:18 am

Ok. Is it okay to byu just any of ccfl at ebay, or is it the normal case here? Few good ones between handfull of bad ones?
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Re: T61 Dark right side of screen

#9 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:59 am

I buy either from http://www.ccflwarehouse.com/fibabylcdpa.html or from http://www.lcdparts.net/CCFL.aspx
I've never done a 15.4", so email them first to make sure.
I posted in the FAQ forum on CCFL replacement, may help you.
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