XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-22 13:04, Jasen Betts wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-16, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> Hi,   
   >>   
   >> I have an old Compaq Presario CQ61-330SS laptop, which I think I bought   
   >> around 2010. Battery died, I replaced it, also died eventually.   
   >> Currently I only use it to watch movies (it has very good internal   
   >> speakers), when exercising on an static bike.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Is the display blank (bad LCD, or LCD wiring) or is the graphics visible if   
   you   
   > illuminate the screen strongly nearby (bad backlight, backlight   
   > wiring, or backlight driver)   
      
   Please, you should read the entire thread, as this was asked and   
   answered back in July, and I decided not to attempt a repair. When   
   needed, I connected an external VGA display.   
      
   It is the backlight which fails. Indeed, illuminating with a strong   
   light makes the text and images visible.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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