When I start up the Dell Inspiron Laptop comes on ok, but after about 5 mins the picture disappears, although you can see it very faintly in the background. Restart and the picture comes back on. Yesterday I used the computer for about an hour unplugged and the picture didn't switch off. I then plugged it in and within a few minutes the picture went off.
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It sounds like it did not properly go into stand by or hibernate. Try holding down the power button for about 5 or 6 seconds until you hear it power off. Then wait a few seconds and then turn it back on.
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Try going into Control Panel, Mouse, Tapping and turn it all off. Set the sensitivity to as low as you can. The key combination should be Fn & F9, look for a button on the function row that has a finger pointing at a box :)
Sounds like the battery is weak and it tried to save power by dimming the screen. You might need to contact the manufacturer and get it replaced if under warranty. If not, mess around with it a bit and if you can't solve it then buy a new one from the company.
Try reseating the cable that goes to the back of the lcd and also the other end of that cable that plugs into the motherboard. If that doesn't do it then either the lcd or the inverter is bad. Either way when you get a replacement screen for a dell laptop it normally comes with a new inverter as well. If your laptop is under warranty thru dell then you can get it replaced thru them. If you have your serial number then I can look it up and see if your system is still under warranty.
If it showed a pinkish tint on the screen before it went out it could be the backlite. If you can see a faint screen when you turn the room lights out it chuld be the inverter. Inverters are cheap ... a used one for around $8 on ebay. Try that first. Make sure that you buy the EXACT model that is presently in your laptop.
No,not XP, Vista
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