How long before my backlight goes out?
June 13, 2008 5:56 PM Subscribe
The backlight on my 5-year-old laptop screen has just started to get dimmer and pinkish in the corners. How long do I have before it goes completely out? Days? Weeks? At any moment?
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posted by mrbill at 7:07 PM on June 13, 2008
posted by mrbill at 7:07 PM on June 13, 2008
Hard to know, but I would operate as if it's going to go out at any moment. Also realize that you'll still be able to plug your laptop into an external monitor, so you won't completely lose access to the laptop if and when the display does go out.
posted by cnc at 7:08 PM on June 13, 2008
posted by cnc at 7:08 PM on June 13, 2008
Response by poster: To answer my own question, in my case it turned out to be about 4 hours.
posted by Mrs. Buck Turgidson at 1:07 PM on June 16, 2008
posted by Mrs. Buck Turgidson at 1:07 PM on June 16, 2008
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Just--- soon.
My beloved 6- year-old Powerbook started to do that same thing last month, and within a week it went black.
I'm told it'll cost $350 USD to replace the back light if I send it to an authorized Apple repair place.
I'm seriously thinking of replacing it myself (there are many DIY sites), but then again I might just buy an iPhone 3g and call it a day.
Thank the Gods I've a desktop backup.
Your machine will Kevork just when you can't have it happen.
Act now.
posted by Dizzy at 6:48 PM on June 13, 2008