My ancient Dell Inspiron developed problems with the screen about 18 months ago. The LCD panel was OK, but the backlight was not working. In the meantime, I have used an external monitor with it.
Inspired by a recent episode of the Ben Heck Show where Ben replaced the inefficient CFL tube with LEDs, I had another look at repairing the screen. Opening it up, I discovered that one of the tube's connections was broken and so after soldering it back together, the screen is working again.
Inspired by a recent episode of the Ben Heck Show where Ben replaced the inefficient CFL tube with LEDs, I had another look at repairing the screen. Opening it up, I discovered that one of the tube's connections was broken and so after soldering it back together, the screen is working again.
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| The CFL tube removed from the screen |
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| The end of the tube where the bad connection had shorted out |
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| Starting to put it back together |
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| You can see the various layers of magnifiers and diffusers for the backlight |
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| It works again! |
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| Only glitch is some dust in between the diffuser and magnifier layers |
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