I have a Philips Freevent H12Y. Daughter trod on the screen, still worked in that I could see 90% of the image - I removed the screen (Chi Mei Optoelectronics screen - 20 pin connector ).
I replaced with a LG 20 pin screen which i was assured was compatible. Inverter connected (cant be plugged in the wrong way round) - but now the screen just lights up when I turn it on with no image. When I connect an external monitor I can get a full image, plus when using the F3 key I can turn the laptop screen backlight on/off.
Okay I thought dud screen, so I put the old screen back, but that now shows no image either.
I have checked the cables and connections all look to me as okay.
Question - if the pinout on the LG is different could this have caused this deterioration? Anyone have any suggestions in how the problem could be diagnosed? Or could the new screen have caused damage to mobo which dowsn't affect the graphics to the extent that an external monitor still works?
I know that not all laptop screens are always 100% comaptible in terms of the pinouts (expereinced this with HP), but didn't cause this problem!
Help!
I replaced with a LG 20 pin screen which i was assured was compatible. Inverter connected (cant be plugged in the wrong way round) - but now the screen just lights up when I turn it on with no image. When I connect an external monitor I can get a full image, plus when using the F3 key I can turn the laptop screen backlight on/off.
Okay I thought dud screen, so I put the old screen back, but that now shows no image either.
I have checked the cables and connections all look to me as okay.
Question - if the pinout on the LG is different could this have caused this deterioration? Anyone have any suggestions in how the problem could be diagnosed? Or could the new screen have caused damage to mobo which dowsn't affect the graphics to the extent that an external monitor still works?
I know that not all laptop screens are always 100% comaptible in terms of the pinouts (expereinced this with HP), but didn't cause this problem!
Help!