XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/7/16 19:41:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-16 18:52, VanguardLH wrote:   
      
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   >> Take a flashlight, and shine it at the display at an angle.  Can you see   
   >> what would have been displayed if the backlamps came on?   
   >   
   > I can easily try that. [...]  You are absolutely right, I can see the   
   > Compaq logo as it tries to boot.   
   >   
   >   
   > So, unless it is a faulty cable, it is garbage time.   
   >   
      
   Certainly worth a try. Would be a pity to junk it just because something   
   has come loose. The fact that you said it had given problems in the past   
   that were curable by closing and opening it definitely _suggests_ either   
   the connector, or the hinge switch, may be loose - though the inverter   
   could indeed be flaky. But have a look first!   
      
   If it _is_ backlight failure, still worth replacing (I'd say the whole   
   display-plus-backlight assembly rather than trying to separate the   
   latter) - especially if you can find a parts one of the same model where   
   "display works but won't boot", "no HD", or similar, for peanuts.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   You'll need to have this fish in your ear. (First series, fit the first.)   
      
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