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October 19th, 2006 20:00

Problem with Inspiron 6000 Display

Well, I just bought Inspiron 6000 notebook a little over a year ago.  I use it all the time and haven't had any problems with the display the entire time.  Today around 5 minutes after I started it up the display greatly darkened and started making a high pitched humming sound.  Does anyone know what might be wrong with it and if it could be fixed?  Also if I could fix it myself that would be great, but if I needed to have some guys come to fix it how much would that cost?
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    Posted October 20th, 2006 08:00

    will the screen brighten using Fn+up arrow key?
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    Posted October 20th, 2006 20:00

    No it won't, that's not the problem.  I'm not quite sure what happened, but there is definately something wrong with the screen itself.  I'm using a separate monitor atm but I need the screen fixed if I'm going to go somewhere else.
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    Posted October 21st, 2006 20:00

    sounds like it's either a failing lcd backlight or inverter.
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    Posted October 21st, 2006 21:00

    So how would i fix that, and how can I tell which one it is?

    Message Edited by rkfan247 on 10-21-2006 05:26 PM

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    Posted October 21st, 2006 23:00

    If it's under warranty, call Dell.

    If not, call an LCD repair shop - they can replace the bulb and/or rebuild the inverter for the same price - about $100-150.
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    Posted October 21st, 2006 23:00

    K thanks for the help

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