XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 22/10/2025 12:04, 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)   
   >   
   Usually it's a failure of the backlighting   
      
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