lcd vga display please help i have an ibm compatible notebook computer with an lcd vga screen while i was working with it this morning the screen started to flicker a little which i thought was odd since i do use a surge protector for my computer and all peripherals it only did this for a second and then stopped i left the room for several minutes and when i returned the screen was completely dim not blank but very very dim the contrast slider still worked so that i could adjust it to where i could faintly make out what was on the screen but the brightness slider had absolutely no effect i was plugged in at the time i e not using the battery but i still tried switching the battery changing the power saver features etc etc all to no avail has anyone else experienced anything like this if this just means that i need to replace the screen then i guess i ll have to but i thought that the death of my lcd screen would be a little less dramatic when it eventually happened i didn t want to take it in to be repaired before i asked on the net about this because i already know what they ll say yep you gotta have this replaced and it s gonna cost you i ve only had the computer for about months is that a reasonable life cycle for a lcd display oh i guess i ought to give specifics here the brand is compudyne is this a reputable company it s a sx mhz i forget the model number exactly and i was too ticked off to write it down before coming in to work today if anyone can help me please give me any advice you might have i m not opposed to having it replaced but i d rather not if it s not absolutely necessary if you wouldn t mind please e mail me at mike mik uky edu but if you d rather post i ll be checking back here in a couple of days btw if the answer to this question is already in a faq somewhere feel free to flame away but i would ask that you also include the location and name of the faq if you don t mind thanks in advance for any help mike mattone mike mik uky edu
