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Poor screen brightness and no controls
Hi
Ive a Latitude D530 that has just had a new keyboard / mouse installed by Dell to fix a warantee issue and Im now finding that screen brightness controls are not working (both using hte Fn key and in the control panel) and the screen is really dim. i can hardly read this.=
Ive updated the video and bios drivers from the Dell site by putting in my service tag but this hasnt helped. Can anyone suggest anything that might help?
Thanks
Phil
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November 11th, 2010 17:00
This sounds like an inverter or backlight failure - however since it happened right after someone had your control button cover and keyboard off I would first check to see that they did not pinch the inverter or backlight cables when they put things back together. Here's a link to your model's service manual if you want to have a look at the wires yourself (it's fairly easy to take apart)
If the cables are fine then you likely need either a new inverter (easier) or a new backlight (cheaper but far more difficult).
Good Luck