I turned on my computer this morning and a blank white screen came up on my LCD. Windows still boots up perfectly and the picture on an external monitor is perfect as well.
Soon after I discovered that the screen would display complete images for a brief moment when turned off and then on. Images are still displayed after this point but they are very dim and the white haze over powers it. Also there is usually a more solid white ring around the outside of the display (when a black background is present, the image is consistent when any other color is present).
I've read of a few issues that can cause similar problems... The lcd cable may be faulty and/or the connection is loose. I've opened up the system and reseated the connection multiple times as well as cleaning the connections. Then there is the possibility that it is a bad lcd inverter, which I assume isn't the case since I have read that the backlight would not function if this were the case and given that I have a white screen the back light is functioning perfectly if not overtime.
Since the image is displayed in it's complete and unaltered form (except for the dimness of course) I assume that the lcd is not at fault and since the picture is fine on an external display It couldn't be the video card.
Anyone have any guidance for me? Would it be worth it to invest in another lcd cable or could it be the inverter? Also everything that I have read concerning similar problems indicated that the lcd was not broken, but could I just be reading the wrong stuff?
Here are my system specs if that helps at all.
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium M 735J, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
Motherboard Name Dell Inspiron 6000
Motherboard Chipset Intel Alviso i915PM
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (09/28/05)
Display:
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (128 MB)
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon X300 (M22)
Display
PC027 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., QUANTA DISPLAY INCORPORATED
Also I am five days out of my warranty (nice timing, right?); so any repairs have to be done by myself which I can manage as long as I know what needs to be replaced etc... So the copy and paste send back to manufacturer response won't be of much use here.
Thank you for any help.
Soon after I discovered that the screen would display complete images for a brief moment when turned off and then on. Images are still displayed after this point but they are very dim and the white haze over powers it. Also there is usually a more solid white ring around the outside of the display (when a black background is present, the image is consistent when any other color is present).
I've read of a few issues that can cause similar problems... The lcd cable may be faulty and/or the connection is loose. I've opened up the system and reseated the connection multiple times as well as cleaning the connections. Then there is the possibility that it is a bad lcd inverter, which I assume isn't the case since I have read that the backlight would not function if this were the case and given that I have a white screen the back light is functioning perfectly if not overtime.
Since the image is displayed in it's complete and unaltered form (except for the dimness of course) I assume that the lcd is not at fault and since the picture is fine on an external display It couldn't be the video card.
Anyone have any guidance for me? Would it be worth it to invest in another lcd cable or could it be the inverter? Also everything that I have read concerning similar problems indicated that the lcd was not broken, but could I just be reading the wrong stuff?
Here are my system specs if that helps at all.
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium M 735J, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
Motherboard Name Dell Inspiron 6000
Motherboard Chipset Intel Alviso i915PM
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (09/28/05)
Display:
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (128 MB)
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon X300 (M22)
Display
PC027 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., QUANTA DISPLAY INCORPORATED
Also I am five days out of my warranty (nice timing, right?); so any repairs have to be done by myself which I can manage as long as I know what needs to be replaced etc... So the copy and paste send back to manufacturer response won't be of much use here.
Thank you for any help.