Monitor goes dim

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I have a HP Pavilion laptop ze4900. Every time I move th screen, the display either goes off completely, or it goes vey dim and I cannot read anything from it. The only thing I can do to get a display

You could have a defective screen - a defective inverter or a CCFL lamp.To determine if you have a LCD screen or video card problem, read this and follow the instructions.Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: ... PC Desktops

Black screen on acer 242lc lights come on power up

You indicate that the lamp for Power On comes on? (Light bulb icon) What about the harddrive activity lamp? (Media Activity icon. Looks like a book. Third icon going right, from Light bulb icon) Is this lamp lit up? (May flash ... Acer TravelMate 242LC Notebook

Monitor goes blank

Sounds like the back light inverter board is bad. \015\012\015\012It's a very common problem.\015\012\015\012LCD's use four small cold compact fluorescent bulbs to back light the display. (thats what gives the LCD it's brightness allowing you to see ... Dell E153FPc 15" TFT LCD Flat Panel Monitor

Sumsung 930b goes dim,and flickers after about 3 min.

This sounds like the inverter has gone bad. If the bulb were bad only, you would see a faint image on the screen with a flashlight.\015\012\015\012The problem is on this monitor, it will probably cost about $100 or so to take it to a shop ... Samsung SyncMaster 930B 19" LCD Flat Panel Monitor

Screen comes on but goes dim within seconds

The inverter in the monitor is probably going bad. It can be replaced, depending on the size/age of the monitor. Many times it is cheaper to buy a new one than to have it fixed.\015\012\015\012If you are a little handy, and can get the mo ... Planar PL1700 17" Flat Panel LCD Monitor

VERY Dim screen after a drop

Have you tested it with an external monitor?\012I would say you either have a damaged inverter board or screen baclight lamp. Usually the inverter board fails in one of the following ways:1. When you turn on the laptop, the sc ... Sony VAIO VGN-NS190J/S Notebook PC

Toshiba satellite a135 monitor goes black

You could have a defective screen - a defective inverter or a CCFL lamp.To determine if you have a LCD screen or video card problem, read this and follow the instructions.Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: ... Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386 Notebook

Laptop Screen dark yet computer works with external monitor

Does the fan work ok? and do you have a laptop holder for it or you just have it on a desk ....get a laptop holder for it if you do not have one and as for the rest goto the power mangment area on the computer and see if the monitor might be on sta ... Compaq Presario R3000 Notebook

My monitor display keeps randomly flashing light to dark

Don't always go by what diagnostics tell you because all it basically checks for is to see if it recognizes the devices. My advice would be to hook up a different known good working monitor to the computer and see if still goes dim on you. ... HP Computer Monitors

My hp w1907 monitor goes dim after start up. It

More likely to have problem in the power supply, back light inverter circuits, or worst will be bad lamps. Look for bad caps with bulging top first, post back what you see so we can guide you further, see example of failed monitors mostly due to bad ... HP w1907 LCD Monitor

Monitor goes blank automatically after about 40 minutes...

Hi Randygui,\015\012\015\012Sounds like the back light inverter board is bad.\015\012\015\012It's a very common problem.\015\012\015\012LCD's use four small cold compact fluorescent bulbs to back light the display. (thats what gives the LCD it's brig ... BenQ FP71G 17" LCD Monitor

Monitor goes black but shows icons...

I'll assume this is an LCD panel screen.If what you are saying is the screen shows up and then goes dim or starts dim, and you can see a dark image of the system starting up and then displaying Windows...Your problem is a bad ... HP vs15 15"LCD Flat Panel Monitor

Moniter flashes on, then goes dark. help please!

Sounds to me like its either the inverter or the lcd. If you can get the monitor apart go ahead and reseat the lcd cable cause it could be that the cable came loose during the move, it could be halfway in and halfway out.After you do tha ... NEC Computer Monitors

Screen goes dim under different user

Could be an issue of his resolution and refresh rate settings are close to being out of range for the monitor. Try lowering these settings to get better performance.     ... HP Vs17 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor

My screens works for about 10 or 15 minutes and then goes out...

You could have a faulty inverter or a CCFL lamp, To determine if you have a LCD screen, inverter or video card problem, read this and follow these instructions. Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: Screen flashs on red/p ... HP Pavilion dv2715nr Notebook

Screen "Flashes" on/off

You could have a faulty CCFL lamp or inverter, To determine if you have a LCD screen, inverter or video card problem, read this and follow these instructions. Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: Screen flashs on red/pin ... Toshiba Satellite A135-S2276 Notebook

Monitor constantly goes dim, backlight comes on and can't see anything.

Change the refresh rate of the monitor. Use the degausse button which is provided by vendor ... Dell Dimension 3100 PC Desktop

Blank Laptop Screen

The same thing began to occur on my (old as the hills) Dell Inspiron 2650 about 2 months ago. I have tried updating the BIOS to the newest Dell has for this laptop but it didn't help. I also tried to update the video drivers (no help), regressing t ... Toshiba Satellite 1410-S173 Notebook

HP Pavilion ze2000 Monitor is dim

Yes, this is what happens when the backlight goes out.This will give you an idea of what is involved in replacing the backlight. You can find a replacement bac ... PC Laptops

Screen goes blank

Hi jkm007,\015\012\015\012Sounds like the back light inverter board is bad.\015\012\015\012It's a very common problem.\015\012\015\012LCD's use four small cold compact fluorescent bulbs to back light the display. (thats what gives the LCD it's bright ... Videoseven V7 L19PS 19" LCD Monitor

LCD goes dim within 1-2 minutes

You could have a bad "inverter" or flourescent backlight tube, or a problem in your power supply.The only way to isolate the problem is to check each component in sequence.If your hard disk and DVD / CD drive are still working when your screen goes ... HP Pavilion dv6000z Notebook

Blank ACer X221W Monitor

Hi this is the way how to examine what's wrong with your LCD\015\012monitors. Power on both CPU and monitor. After it went dim and blank, you have to\015\012check if you can see the image on the screen or not by shining a flashlight into the\015\012s ... Acer X221WSD Monitor

When my desk top appears on screen, the screen suddenly goes blank it also happens in the middle of when i am conacted to the internet

How old is the monitor? Under warranty? If the monitor is an LCD unit and several years old, you might be looking at a new unit--does the screen go black or loose all data and turn blue or white? If it's going black, you can check to see if it ... E-Machines Computer Monitors

Monitor goes dark over and over

Try and find the LCD Screen diagram, there is a good chance that your capacitors are failing. The capacitors that will need to be replaced are the ones with either a bubbled top, you will notice these right away once you compare them to the rest. O ... Computer Monitors

Dell screen goes black , after 2 seconds but when low down the brightness it work good it not goes off , but it is very low brightness and difficult to read text some time ,

You may have a defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: Screen flashs on red/pink and off. Picture stays on in red and slowly be come normal. Picture flickering with dim display or appear black. Picture flickering on and off. All ... Dell InspironTM 1501 Notebook