Re: Toshiba Tecra 8100 Laptop - LCD Screen or Inverter Fault?

["Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxx>]

"James" <jamesspam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> Hi. My old Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop has developed this fault with one 
>> whitish thin green line running vertically from top to bottom of screen 
>> on the right hand side near to the middle of the LCD Screen and I am 
>> trying to fathom out if this fault is to do with the LCD Screen itself or 
>> the Inverter module so I know what to replace.
>> I have already replace the laptop main board (due to a different fault) 
>> but the laptop screen still has this vertical line there. So its not the 
>> graphics chip at fault on the main board and also when I plug an external 
>> monitor into the VGA port the line doesn't appear on the external 
>> monitor.
>> Must be either Inverter or LCD Panel but which one????
>> A video of the fault I have uploaded here on youtube so you can see 
>> whereabouts it is and how the line looks like:
>
> AIUI the inverter board provides the higher voltage required for the 
> backlight.  The line you describe usually indicates a bad LCD.  Maybe it's 
> time for a new laptop?
>

its a cracking little laptop apart from this bstard annoying little line 
down the screen - if it is an LCD screen it needs and I can get it cheap 
then I would rather do that than buy a new laptop. I just replaced the main 
board on this laptop, managed to get one off ebay UK for 30.00 Euro 
including postage - not bad at all.

Andy.