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From: Nottoman on 3 Mar 2005 11:36 Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen starts out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. Does the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come on for a few seconds now and then when I would switch screens, or make big changes and then go dim. I can only read it when it's dim with a flashlight at an angle. Fun. ??
From: Jerry Park on 3 Mar 2005 11:47 Nottoman wrote: >Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen starts >out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. Does >the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple >monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come on >for a few seconds now and then when I would switch screens, or make big >changes and then go dim. I can only read it when it's dim with a flashlight >at an angle. Fun. >?? > > > > Is this when it is plugged in? Because the BIOS settings for battery operation my have changed for some reason. Sounds like the back light is failing. Could be a bad connection too.
From: Nottoman on 3 Mar 2005 11:52 Yes, I did check that. The settings for battery were for a very dim screen and I adjusted it to high. Then I restarted and they were saved in the BIOS on high. Same performance on battery or AC. Could a bad battery have anything to do with it? I haven't checked to see how long it will run on battery power. "Jerry Park" <NoReply(a)No.Spam> wrote in message news:J7HVd.11$Q83.10(a)bignews5.bellsouth.net... > Nottoman wrote: > > >Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen starts > >out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. Does > >the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple > >monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come on > >for a few seconds now and then when I would switch screens, or make big > >changes and then go dim. I can only read it when it's dim with a flashlight > >at an angle. Fun. > >?? > > > > > > > > > Is this when it is plugged in? Because the BIOS settings for battery > operation my have changed for some reason. > > Sounds like the back light is failing. Could be a bad connection too.
From: Jerry Park on 3 Mar 2005 12:15 Nottoman wrote: >Yes, I did check that. The settings for battery were for a very dim screen >and I adjusted it to high. Then I restarted and they were saved in the BIOS >on high. Same performance on battery or AC. Could a bad battery have >anything to do with it? I haven't checked to see how long it will run on >battery power. > > No. When on AC power, you can pull your batteries out with no effect. >"Jerry Park" <NoReply(a)No.Spam> wrote in message >news:J7HVd.11$Q83.10(a)bignews5.bellsouth.net... > > >>Nottoman wrote: >> >> >> >>>Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen >>> >>> >starts > > >>>out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. >>> >>> >Does > > >>>the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple >>>monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come >>> >>> >on > > >>>for a few seconds now and then when I would switch screens, or make big >>>changes and then go dim. I can only read it when it's dim with a >>> >>> >flashlight > > >>>at an angle. Fun. >>>?? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Is this when it is plugged in? Because the BIOS settings for battery >>operation my have changed for some reason. >> >>Sounds like the back light is failing. Could be a bad connection too. >> >> > > > >
From: Nottoman on 3 Mar 2005 12:59 I can only assume that fixing this will be a waste of money when a new Inspiron can be had for 600 bones. Hmmmm. Sell this on ebay for a couple hundred and..... Am I in my right mind here? "Jerry Park" <NoReply(a)No.Spam> wrote in message news:oyHVd.24$Q83.21(a)bignews5.bellsouth.net... > Nottoman wrote: > > >Yes, I did check that. The settings for battery were for a very dim screen > >and I adjusted it to high. Then I restarted and they were saved in the BIOS > >on high. Same performance on battery or AC. Could a bad battery have > >anything to do with it? I haven't checked to see how long it will run on > >battery power. > > > > > No. When on AC power, you can pull your batteries out with no effect. > > > >"Jerry Park" <NoReply(a)No.Spam> wrote in message > >news:J7HVd.11$Q83.10(a)bignews5.bellsouth.net... > > > > > >>Nottoman wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen > >>> > >>> > >starts > > > > > >>>out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. > >>> > >>> > >Does > > > > > >>>the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple > >>>monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come > >>> > >>> > >on > > > > > >>>for a few seconds now and then when I would switch screens, or make big > >>>changes and then go dim. I can only read it when it's dim with a > >>> > >>> > >flashlight > > > > > >>>at an angle. Fun. > >>>?? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Is this when it is plugged in? Because the BIOS settings for battery > >>operation my have changed for some reason. > >> > >>Sounds like the back light is failing. Could be a bad connection too. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
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