Arsing bloody screen gone again!

[Saxondale]

Chaps, the screen on my acer laptop has gone for the second time in a year.  Im a bit pissed orf.

Any advice on cheapest / best places to get it repaired.  Am I imagining it or did someone suggest getting one from ebay is better?

[Samdy Gray]

You sure it's the screen? Could be the inverter.

[Saxondale]

No Idea.  Flickering, then goes dark.  You can still see that the info is on there but isnt backlit.  Im using an external screen at the mo.

[stfcinbmth]

Would you not be better off cutting your losses, doing a spares or repair sale on your current lappie on fleabay and purchasing one of the more reliable brands

http://smidgenpc.com/2010/05/07/laptop-reliability-ratings-which-laptop-is-really-most-reliable/

Alternatively if you want to keep it, then yes, fleabay is the best place to get a replacement screen

[Samdy Gray]

No Idea.  Flickering, then goes dark.  You can still see that the info is on there but isnt backlit.  Im using an external screen at the mo.

Definitely sounds like the inverter.

[stfcinbmth]

No Idea.  Flickering, then goes dark.  You can still see that the info is on there but isnt backlit.  Im using an external screen at the mo.

If the screen had gone then you'd get nothing, sounds like the inverter

[Peter Venkman]

It is either the invertor(£15-20 on Ebay and a 15 minute fix) or its the graphics chip on the mobo (pretty much unfixable)

[Saxondale]

Cheers All.  The same happened last yea rand it was repaired so Id presume the inverter would have been replaced then.  Ill look into getting something from ebay.

Cheers

[stfcinbmth]

Double check the memory is also seated correctly, and if you have more than one module, remove one to test the other and vice versa

[limpwrist]

Chaps, the screen on my acer laptop has gone for the second time in a year.  Im a bit pissed orf.

Any advice on cheapest / best places to get it repaired.  Am I imagining it or did someone suggest getting one from ebay is better?

Got the same laptop and the same problem but not being a geek the rest seems like gibberish