I was told my several computer repair people that it needed a behind the screen inversion light replaced.. however no one wants to do this.  The screen is like  dark shadows, you can see colors  but they are pastels.. nothing bright and clear........... Why does no one want to replace this on the laptop ?
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Use the "Fn" key and the key that looks like a sun.  One is up and the other is down.
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This is extremely odd as in all my years of servicing computers as a technician, I have never heard of a computer screen going black because of a system restore. Lets see, go through a basic check up first.\n\n1. Turn on monitor, attach the wire to video card.\n2. Make sure the contrast and brightness are set properly.\n3. Move your mouse and press ENTER and ESC on your keyboard exit any possible hibernating states.\n\nNow for troubleshooting...\n1. What caused your computer to need to get system restored in the first place? If it is a virus, it might be the cause of this problem and try turning on the system with your system boot disk or windows disk (however this is usually very rare).\n2. Ask yourself, is the system on and running and do you hear the normal beeps and sounds that the pc normally makes when it is booting? (If the answer is yes, then this problem is usually not a software problem as things are running smoothly, it's just that nothing is showing on your monitor. Try getting ahold of another monitor and see if that works. \n3. What color is the monitor's power light? (Usually it is green or orangish). If it is orangish, that means your computer is not recieving the signal from your computer system.\n4. Wait for a few minutes and press ENTER / ESC every thirty seconds or so. If nothing happens, after about 2 minutes or so (about the time it takes the pc so turn on, press ATL F4 and Enter a few times. If the PC turns of, that means it has successfully booted and you definitely have a hardware problem.)\n\nIf none of these solutions worked, feel free to email me at bqm1234@yahoo.com as I am quite interested at what is causing this problem and we can sort it out from there.
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One possible problem could be the screen backlight is faulty. Is the screen totally black or can you faintly see images. If it goes totally black, it could have something to do with the monitor power supply. Another cause could be your computer's video card. iLo is a Wal-Mart branded product. I was unable to find any contact information, but your best bet would be to contact the manufacturer and see what they say. You might be outside the warranty period, so it may be cheaper to just buy a new monitor. To make sure it's just the monitor, hook it up to another computer and see if the problem occurs.
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The backlight invertor has burned out, this is replacable and the part will cost about $30 to $60 plus about an hour labor to have it installed. The actual screen is fine, and the invertor is a small board that is located inside the screen casing. I would not recromend replacing this yourself unless you have experience doing so, the invertor can carry extreamly high voltage, most repair shops should be able to do this for you.
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Hello. I have had the same problem with my Dell 15" LCD. I don't know what happened when suddenly I'm playing a game and I'm thinking that the game's graphics are awesome because its raining and the thunder really lights up the screen. Then I realize that my pixels are fading, exactly how you described it. I tried unplugging everything and replugging it in again, but nothing seemed to work. I decided to go back to my old CRT monitor and for a few months that worked fine. As luck would have it, it broke as well. I decided to test my LCD again, and to my surprise, it worked now. After about two weeks, I unplugged everything because I was moving my computer to another room. When everything was replugged, the same problem plagued my monitor. That's when I've had enough. I called Dell Customer Service, which was really helpful, and they offered to replace my monitor with a new one even though it was out of warranty. I don't if there is maybe something wrong with the entire line of Dell monitors, but they sure were helpful and considerate. Of course you have to send back your old monitor, but they picked it up from my house and paid for the shipping costs as well.
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I hope I'm wrong, But if the bars that you are talking about are on both sides, that means that the circutry that explands the horizontal are defective... if it is a desktop, try a different monitor, probably you'll find out that the problem goes away, which only means that is time for an upgrade... if it is on a laptop... is even worse... you'd have to find someone to repair it... but like I said, hopefully I'm wrong...
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Is there *absolutely* no power? No orange light even? Maybe the power outlet you're connecting it to is faulty.\n\nIf you're getting the orange light, it might be a video card problem.\n\n==============================================\nI hope you see this, because I couldn't email you because your ID isn't confirmed.\n---------------------------------------\nRe: No Power TO HD Monitor\n\nAh, i didn't read your question properly.\n\nCheck the power pins on you old monitor. The place where you plug in the power cable on your monitor.They might be covered in black sooty material if something blew up. \n\nOr maybe the fuse inside the monitor is blown. If you can open it up and check that out, and that IS the problem, you can get it fixed for a few $s. For less if you have the equipment and know how to solder.
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There is an additional battery inside the case, did you replace it also? Could be that it actually is coming on and the contrast needs set. Try turning it on and while pressing the beta function key, press the up arrow.
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And you didn't even tell us what kind of video card you have? You really expect us to know THAT much? :)\n\nIn Control Panel / Display / Advanced, there's probably a section about "display orientation". Sounds like you're got changed.
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Is this laptop new (like maybe only a few months old)?\nIf not then you might need to update you're video driver, or reinstall it.\n\nIf still nothing, goto control panel, click display.\nGoto the last tab and click the advanced button.\nAt that point I really can't help you too much, just find something that talks about a 2nd screen/monitor.
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Try holding "FN" and keys from F6 to F8 - It will lighten or darken the screen, keys may be different pending on the notebook.
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It sounds like you just got ripped off. Maybe the monitor is broken (it should come on when you press the power button to the laptop!)
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If none of the above has worked it is likely the backlight has blown, this bulb is inside the screen and allows you to seee what is on the sreen, if it's under warantee yor ok, else repair likely to cost 100's
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No the same thing happened to me and my HP laptop. Is it red or purple. and if you look close its maybe 3 or four lines. But anyway you cant do anything to and it has to be sent in for maintenance
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This is a permanent damage that has happened to you LCD screen. \n\nThe problem might be dead or lit pixels:\nOccasionally the individual transistors responsible for carrying current to a pixel either short out or remain open resulting in what is called a dead pixel. \n\nA "lit" pixel is one that appears as one of several randomly placed white, red, blue or green pixel elements on a dark background, or you may have a "missing" pixel which shows up as a black dot on a light colored background.\n\nThis can only be replaced by the manufacturer as usually this kind of problem is not repairable in India.\n\nIf your laptop is under waranty period your lucky!
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1 Don't use Windex to clean laptop screens. They are not glass. Windex is for Glass!\n2 Don't clean the laptop screen while it is on! \n\nYou have probably screwed up the screen. You can test the laptop by connecting an external monitor to the connector on the back of the Laptop. When it boots up you might see something on the external monitor. If you don't it doesn't mean the entire laptop is fried because sometimes the driver for the external screen has to be enabled first. \nIf you don't know what you are doing I suggest you take it to someone who does.
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When does it get blurry, as soon as you turn on the pc and it says windows xp, or when you access the desktop, or when veiwing movies, etc. \n** Are you familiar with accessing your computers bios? If the screen is blurry when your in the bios then the problem is not the OS video drivers**\nWhats the make and model of the monitor? there may me a recall on it. Take that info (make and model) and check on the manufacturers website. If you really don't want to go through all that, and you bought it from a local retail store recently (like within a 1 week time frame), then bring it back there and have them test it. If it works at the store then it might be something wrong with the pc video card.