<p dir="ltr">Not 100% but could this be the graphics inverter module on the way out? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers</p>
<p dir="ltr">Andy </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 May 2013 11:28, "Nick" <<a href="mailto:durham-lug@njw.me.uk">durham-lug@njw.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
So my laptop monitor has started doing a weird thing, and I was<br>
wondering if anyone on the list might have thoughts or advice.<br>
<br>
When the monitor is 'turned on', whether through turning the laptop<br>
on, opening the lid, waking from suspend, or after the monitor has<br>
been turned off by ACPI, it shows only solid white, and makes a<br>
small high-pitched whining sound. Moving the lid a bit up and down<br>
for a few seconds generally sorts it out, and everything behaves<br>
normally again. Recently it has started taking more wiggling and<br>
waiting for it to start working.<br>
<br>
Which makes it sound like a loose connection, right?<br>
<br>
The thing is, my brother, who has the same model of laptop (EEEPC<br>
901), had the same problem last year, and after various attempts to<br>
fix it, from wedging the monitor cable into place to buying a new<br>
cable to buying a new monitor, nothing helped for long. He ended up<br>
buying another EEEPC from eBay and putting his old hard drive in<br>
that, which unsuprisingly worked like a charm.<br>
<br>
I'm likely to do similarly, but thought I'd throw this out to the<br>
list, in case anybody has any suggestions or thoughts? It would be a<br>
pity to have to replace it; everything else works great (granted I<br>
have gradually replaced a lot of the internals over the years).<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any clues or advice,<br>
<br>
Nick<br>
<br>
(Who will make it to one of the meetings someday, honest!)<br>
<br>
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