My Dell LCD went black...

weeler · 03-27-2006, 03:54 PM

It flickered dim/bright for several hours friday then went black. The following day it worked for about 5 min after booting but its been black ever since. Some say its the backlamp, while others say the inverter. My warranty has expired and i've never even opened one up before. Can someone give me some guidance? Any help appreciated.

FWIW, it's a Dell Inspiron 5150

crazijoe · 03-27-2006, 05:52 PM

That would be hard to say. Here is a link to the service manual if decide to tear into it.

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...n/sm/index.htm

weeler · 03-27-2006, 08:30 PM

Thank you for a timely response. I was in the middle of dissembly. I may replace the whole LCD with a used one i found on ebay.

crazijoe · 03-28-2006, 04:01 AM

Make sure the one you buy off ebay will work with your particular model. The 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, and 5160 used different screens from three different manufacturers. Plus they also used about 6 different video cards from either ATI or nVidia. I have found out that they are not all interchangable.

weeler · 03-30-2006, 04:44 PM

Thanks, I'm assuming with matching model numbers LTN150U2-L02 on the LCD and LTN150U2-B on the inverter it will work?

03-27-2006, 03:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
weeler Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 17 OS: WIN/XP	My Dell LCD went black... It flickered dim/bright for several hours friday then went black. The following day it worked for about 5 min after booting but its been black ever since. Some say its the backlamp, while others say the inverter. My warranty has expired and i've never even opened one up before. Can someone give me some guidance? Any help appreciated. FWIW, it's a Dell Inspiron 5150

03-27-2006, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	That would be hard to say. Here is a link to the service manual if decide to tear into it. http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...n/sm/index.htm __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

03-28-2006, 04:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Make sure the one you buy off ebay will work with your particular model. The 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, and 5160 used different screens from three different manufacturers. Plus they also used about 6 different video cards from either ATI or nVidia. I have found out that they are not all interchangable. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

03-27-2006, 08:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
weeler Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 17 OS: WIN/XP	Thank you for a timely response. I was in the middle of dissembly. I may replace the whole LCD with a used one i found on ebay.

03-30-2006, 04:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
weeler Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 17 OS: WIN/XP	Thanks, I'm assuming with matching model numbers LTN150U2-L02 on the LCD and LTN150U2-B on the inverter it will work?