XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-16 14:00, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > On 16.07.2025 13:44 Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Some months ago, the display went black on boot, but closing the lid   
   >> and opening it again made it work. Today it is impossible, it goes   
   >> dark instants after opening the lid. I have repeated the operation   
   >> dozens of times. It happens before booting and keeps doing it after   
   >> booting. It makes the thing totally unusable.   
   >   
   > Does an external monitor work?   
      
   It is an VGA plug. I will have to try. It is not easy to rig it. I can   
   do it temporarily, but that would not be a permanent solution. It is   
   either repair or garbage.   
      
   >   
   > It may be a faulty LCD panel, but also a faulty graphics card.   
      
      
   As to what Java says about previous repairs, no, the machine has not   
   been repaired. Once I replaced the internal rotating rust HD with an SSD.   
      
   [...]   
      
   Following on VanguardLH hint, it is the backlight.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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