Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35554647)

Well having gone through the rigmarole of upgrading my Sony laptop the backlight started flickering and you could hear a frying noise on one side and it was getting hot there, so hot that the display was going dark in the corner. So I took the chance and dismantled the display knowing that it wasn't going to fix itself and would fail fairly soon anyway. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Turns out the wire to one end of the small flourescent tube that gives the backlight had burnt through. Had to bend the bezel at the bottom to get it out to solder the end back on as I didn't want to disturb the main circuit board at the top and the myriad connections there to the actual display glass. Everything is soo delicate, I wondered if it would ever work again but it does. :)

There's a little bit of unevenness at the extreme bottom but I can live with that for a fixed machine.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35554647)

Well having gone through the rigmarole of upgrading my Sony laptop the backlight started flickering and you could hear a frying noise on one side and it was getting hot there, so hot that the display was going dark in the corner. So I took the chance and dismantled the display knowing that it wasn't going to fix itself and would fail fairly soon anyway. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Turns out the wire to one end of the small flourescent tube that gives the backlight had burnt through. Had to bend the bezel at the bottom to get it out to solder the end back on as I didn't want to disturb the main circuit board at the top and the myriad connections there to the actual display glass. Everything is soo delicate, I wondered if it would ever work again but it does. :)

There's a little bit of unevenness at the extreme bottom but I can live with that for a fixed machine.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35554672)

Thanks guys. The engineer in me won't accept that something cannot be repaired unless it is really a lost cause: The last one being the kitchen TV whose scan coils developed a short circuit. Finito. :( But I did replace it with a nice HD DVD combo unit

The biggest problem these days it trying to work out how to get things apart without wrecking something. I have a comprehensive security bit set but they still come up with a new wheeze now and then. Screws hidden under sticky labels or rubber feet is a common one.

Originally Posted by Tinky (Post 35556099)

I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house. :hyper::):):)

Originally Posted by Tinky (Post 35556099)

I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house. :hyper::):):)

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit (Post 35556276)

I would love to do some serious work on my living room but there is so much stuff in here and I have nowhere to put it to do a proper job

Originally Posted by peanut (Post 35556282)

I know the feeling, we're hoping to paint this year, hoping to just move everything into the centre of the room and do one wall at a time. We don't have any spare rooms to move anything to. Same with the carpets, we'll have to just do one room at a time.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35556337)

Over in UK for a few days only. Happy thought -Flight to the States will not be snowed in. And arranged for the puppy to come over as well:D

Originally Posted by Tinky (Post 35556099)

I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house. :hyper::):):)