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RayRayRay · 09-27-2008, 07:04 PM

Hi,

My laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-FJ270) had a water damage *over a year ago* (water leakage from 2F got to my laptop which was on the kitchen counter). After I let it dry out for a few days, I brought it to a local repair shop and also sent it to SONY but I was told the damages done and it'd die eventually and not worth spending lots of money fixing it. At that point, it was still working functionally but left with a very dim/almost black LCD.

Just the other day I turned the power on and found it is still working. So I thought I may give it a shot to fix it. Could you tell me if the problem of the very dim screen is definitely from a bad backlight or/and inverter? I browsed around for laptop parts and found I can get a backlight for $10 and inverter for about $60. I am willing to pay up to $100 if it can bring back a good LCD. Could you give me your opinion/advise what's the best thing to do? Also, is it very difficult to replace backlight/inverter?

Thanks!

09-27-2008, 07:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
RayRayRay Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 19 OS: XP sp2	Installing backlight/inverter Hi, My laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-FJ270) had a water damage over a year ago (water leakage from 2F got to my laptop which was on the kitchen counter). After I let it dry out for a few days, I brought it to a local repair shop and also sent it to SONY but I was told the damages done and it'd die eventually and not worth spending lots of money fixing it. At that point, it was still working functionally but left with a very dim/almost black LCD. Just the other day I turned the power on and found it is still working. So I thought I may give it a shot to fix it. Could you tell me if the problem of the very dim screen is definitely from a bad backlight or/and inverter? I browsed around for laptop parts and found I can get a backlight for $10 and inverter for about $60. I am willing to pay up to $100 if it can bring back a good LCD. Could you give me your opinion/advise what's the best thing to do? Also, is it very difficult to replace backlight/inverter? Thanks!