LCD Screen fading on the left

country1613 · 07-02-2008, 11:22 AM

i have begun to notice the left side of my screen fading and overall dimming of my screen on my acer 5100.

have also notice that if i tap the bottom of the surrounding bezel {center bottom} that it comes back.

Question: is this just something lose or a lead-in to a bigger problem?

thanks in advance.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2008, 02:01 PM

it might be just a loose connection or a solder that has lifted up. it good if you can see for yourself the connections to be sure. if you tapped the bottom part of the LCD bezel, it could also mean the backlight or inverter. if you get one of these failing, you will get a dim screen.

i would go with the inverter as this is cheaper and easier to replace. but then again it may be the backlight which is very hard to replace or better yet, you might want to replace the whole of the LCD (backlight is part of LCD).

country1613 · 07-02-2008, 07:07 PM

thanks much, i will check in that order.

thanks again

07-02-2008, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
country1613 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	LCD Screen fading on the left i have begun to notice the left side of my screen fading and overall dimming of my screen on my acer 5100. have also notice that if i tap the bottom of the surrounding bezel {center bottom} that it comes back. Question: is this just something lose or a lead-in to a bigger problem? thanks in advance.

07-02-2008, 02:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: LCD Screen fading on the left it might be just a loose connection or a solder that has lifted up. it good if you can see for yourself the connections to be sure. if you tapped the bottom part of the LCD bezel, it could also mean the backlight or inverter. if you get one of these failing, you will get a dim screen. i would go with the inverter as this is cheaper and easier to replace. but then again it may be the backlight which is very hard to replace or better yet, you might want to replace the whole of the LCD (backlight is part of LCD). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-02-2008, 07:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
country1613 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: LCD Screen fading on the left thanks much, i will check in that order. thanks again