Re: [tlug] Laptop repair: backlight

[Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc.imbeault@example.com>]

They replaced the LCD inverter.

My screen also suffers from a few very thin horizontal white lines
which I did not get fixed. The repairman explained to me that the
cause was the cable that connects the LCD to the main board. It's a
host of very thin wires and some of then where probably broken.

Unfortunately for me the repairman let me know that that particular
cable, although very easy to replace, was one of the most expensive
parts of the laptop. About 7,500 for the part!

At that price I decided I was able to live with those lines. If I ever
decided otherwise I may revisit Akihabara and see if I can find a
2,000 junk laptop and cannibalize it for parts. The only problem with
a junk laptop is since you cannot boot them up you might buy it only
to find that the LCD cable is no good.

Jc

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com> wrote:
> 2010/9/20 Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc.imbeault@example.com>:
>> I kept looking and my perseverance eventually paid off when I found a
>> shop that did it for 7,000 (3,000 labour and 4,000 for the part). Best
>> of all they did it while I waited, taking only about 40 minutes.
>>
>> For future reference if anyone else needs some repairs on the cheap I
>> can heartily recommend this place:
>>
>> Maxus Computer UpGrade Service
>> マクサスコンピューターアップグレードサービス
>> 〒 101-0021 東京都舌皛逅跂勉闕静\xC43-6-11
>> tel：03-5296-0486
>> tech-support@example.com
>>
>> http://204.3.198.144/
>> (for some reason they don't seem to have their DNS working quite right)
>
> Thanks for posting this!  What was the part replaced exactly?  For
> Y4,000, I'm assuming the back light - or was that for the whole
> screen?  That's a lot cheaper than I imagined it would be.  I had
> thought that general repair places avoided working on laptops.  In any
> case, I'm very curious what the exact part was.
>
> Lyle
>
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