Hi,
Recently, the backlight of my about 3 year old vgn-fz38m laptop goes out randomly. I mean, it does not happen after moving the screen and also not after working on it for a certain time, for what I think it is not a heat problem nor a loose connection.
Here is a short list of what I already did and a short description of my laptop's problem
- pressing Fn + F6 or F7 do not make a change, for the backlight seems to be turned off
- when working the colours are fine, white is not displayed as pinkish or dim.
- when connected to an eternal monitor, everything works fine
- when closing and opening the lid sometimes the backlight does turn on for a few sec but that's it
- when rebooting it, things go back to normal, well, for some time
So, could it be the backlight being dodgy (which I am not too sure about, for, as far as I can tell, then it should not be working fine for several hours without a problem)? Or do I need a new inverter? Or is it a connection issue after all (which I'm also not too sure about for moving, or not moving, typing or not typing do not make a difference; sometimes it happens without me even touching it!)
Any ideas?
Thanks for any suggestions.
PS: I checked its powermanagement, the options are switched to 'never turn off the screen'. And although I have to admit that I can't find a lid switch on mine, when I close it the laptop shuts the screen down. So there hould be something... which, luckily, seems to be working.
Message was edited by: notreallyashark
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