[Durham] Weird laptop monitor issue

[Nick]

The whine does seem to come from the screen itself, yes.

The reason I'm tentative about buying a new screen is that my
brother did that and the problem soon recurred. Admittedly he had
fiddled with the cables no end, so might have damaged things
further, but it's still a worry that I buy another screen and find
that the problem quickly comes back.

Thanks for your thoughts. I know very little about hardware, so
they're much appreciated.

Nick

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 01:48:26PM +0100, Richard Patterson wrote:
> 
> If the EEEPC 901 had a CCFL, i'd say it was an inverter problem, but
> as the back-light is LED, it's not that...
> 
> Where does the whine come from? is it the screen area, or somewhere
> on the bottom of the unit?
> 
> It might be a cable, or the screen itself. Cheaper to buy a new
> screen than a new netbook...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard
> 
> On 30/05/2013 13:08, Andrew Glass wrote:
> >
> >Not 100% but could this be the graphics inverter module on the way out?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >On 30 May 2013 11:28, "Nick" <durham-lug at njw.me.uk
> ><mailto:durham-lug at njw.me.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >    Hi,
> >
> >    So my laptop monitor has started doing a weird thing, and I was
> >    wondering if anyone on the list might have thoughts or advice.
> >
> >    When the monitor is 'turned on', whether through turning the laptop
> >    on, opening the lid, waking from suspend, or after the monitor has
> >    been turned off by ACPI, it shows only solid white, and makes a
> >    small high-pitched whining sound. Moving the lid a bit up and down
> >    for a few seconds generally sorts it out, and everything behaves
> >    normally again. Recently it has started taking more wiggling and
> >    waiting for it to start working.
> >
> >    Which makes it sound like a loose connection, right?
> >
> >    The thing is, my brother, who has the same model of laptop (EEEPC
> >    901), had the same problem last year, and after various attempts to
> >    fix it, from wedging the monitor cable into place to buying a new
> >    cable to buying a new monitor, nothing helped for long. He ended up
> >    buying another EEEPC from eBay and putting his old hard drive in
> >    that, which unsuprisingly worked like a charm.
> >
> >    I'm likely to do similarly, but thought I'd throw this out to the
> >    list, in case anybody has any suggestions or thoughts? It would be a
> >    pity to have to replace it; everything else works great (granted I
> >    have gradually replaced a lot of the internals over the years).
> >
> >    Thanks in advance for any clues or advice,
> >
> >    Nick
> >
> >    (Who will make it to one of the meetings someday, honest!)
> >
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