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Kevin Saunders
PostPosted: 2005-10-13 20:06:43
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Hi,

Bought a second hand 4030cds in excellent condition - or so I thought!

One day in - screen has become virtually unreadable - like the backlight has
gone or there is a problem with the inverter.

Laptop works fine with a normal monitor - but thats not why I bought a
laptop!

Does anyone have any information about how this can be fixed? Is it a home
job or am I looking at serious wonga!

The machine is great with all original manuals, disks, etc. - I loathed to
just not use it. Bought privately so no comeback at all

Any advice/guidance will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Kev


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ric
PostPosted: 2005-10-14 01:23:07
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lots of toshibas do this: the 4600 was particularly prone. if its
what i think it is, its a n easy fix.
its either inverter/backlight gone or its the common problem of dirty
contacts on the inverter. remove the battery and power, and take off
the screen surround. look for the inverter, which is a small board
about 6x1. therell be a white plastic power connector on each end:
disconnect, clean contacts and refit. its a 10 minute job that fixes
a lot of toshes...


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PostPosted: 2005-10-14 21:33:51
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> Bought a second hand 4030cds in excellent condition - or so I thought!
>
> One day in - screen has become virtually unreadable - like the backlight
> has
> gone or there is a problem with the inverter.
>
> Laptop works fine with a normal monitor - but thats not why I bought a
> laptop!
>
> Does anyone have any information about how this can be fixed? Is it a home
> job or am I looking at serious wonga!
>
> The machine is great with all original manuals, disks, etc. - I loathed to
> just not use it. Bought privately so no comeback at all

Not just the screen contract thumbwheel on the right side of the screen lid
is it?


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Kevin Saunders
PostPosted: 2005-10-15 05:59:25
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Thanks for the replies - the screen went back to normal after I opened &
closed the lid a few times!

Suspect the contacts now as suggested so will clean both sets!

Your help is greatly appreciated

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> > Bought a second hand 4030cds in excellent condition - or so I thought!
> >
> > One day in - screen has become virtually unreadable - like the backlight
> > has
> > gone or there is a problem with the inverter.
> >
> > Laptop works fine with a normal monitor - but thats not why I bought a
> > laptop!
> >
> > Does anyone have any information about how this can be fixed? Is it a
home
> > job or am I looking at serious wonga!
> >
> > The machine is great with all original manuals, disks, etc. - I loathed
to
> > just not use it. Bought privately so no comeback at all
>
> Not just the screen contract thumbwheel on the right side of the screen
lid
> is it?
>
>


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