Help please!
I have Compaq Presario V2110US Widescreen. Yesterday, while surfing the net, the screen just went black. I tried to restart and the full display came up for a several seconds and looked normal. I thought I had a virus so I tried to go into Safe Mode because I thought maybe it was a virus but display went dark again before I could get there. So it is not a virus. Hardrive and fan are both working.
So, this is what happens - when I turn it on I get the full screen for a few second than it goes black, but if I look closely or with a flashlight I can see my desktop display.
If I press the hiberate toggle button, on the upper left hand corner of the base, the display will come up for a second, go black again and than go into standby/hiberate (and I can see the display with flashlight like before). If I press the button to unhiberate, than I get the full lit display again for a few seconds and than black again.
If the display does light up fully on occasion, it is my inverter or my backlight. Seems like the light is still working or it would never light up at all right?
I want to repair myself (I have replaced the fan in this before and I am in IT) because I can't afford to bring it in and heard it can get expensive. But I want to make sure I get the proper part - either the inverter or the backlight. (they are separate things right?)
Any bets on which part it really is? My guess is the inverter.
thanks much in advance,
Kimberly
I have Compaq Presario V2110US Widescreen. Yesterday, while surfing the net, the screen just went black. I tried to restart and the full display came up for a several seconds and looked normal. I thought I had a virus so I tried to go into Safe Mode because I thought maybe it was a virus but display went dark again before I could get there. So it is not a virus. Hardrive and fan are both working.
So, this is what happens - when I turn it on I get the full screen for a few second than it goes black, but if I look closely or with a flashlight I can see my desktop display.
If I press the hiberate toggle button, on the upper left hand corner of the base, the display will come up for a second, go black again and than go into standby/hiberate (and I can see the display with flashlight like before). If I press the button to unhiberate, than I get the full lit display again for a few seconds and than black again.
If the display does light up fully on occasion, it is my inverter or my backlight. Seems like the light is still working or it would never light up at all right?
I want to repair myself (I have replaced the fan in this before and I am in IT) because I can't afford to bring it in and heard it can get expensive. But I want to make sure I get the proper part - either the inverter or the backlight. (they are separate things right?)
Any bets on which part it really is? My guess is the inverter.
thanks much in advance,
Kimberly