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dayv27
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Anyone here do laptop repair?

I bought an Acer a few years ago (first mistake), and now I'm having issues. The LCD display starts flickering and fading out. If you smack it just right, it will work for a few minutes before it starts flickering again. When it is just right, it works fine, so I'm thinking something is loose. I've taken off the LCD housing, and I see a green "mother board" looking thing attached to the back. But I don't know what to do from there.

I only paid $250 for the thing, I've already bought a new toshiba, but I hate to toss a good computer just because of a loose wire, and I don't want to spend more than I paid to buy it, to repair it.

Any techies have any ideas?


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Submitted by dayv27 on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 6:25pm.

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If it has a VGA out port on it, hook an external monitor to it and use it as a desktop.

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my flickr


Wed, 03/12/2008 - 6:31pm

dayv27
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doing that now

I actually have it hooked to my wife's LCD projector and have been playing flight simulator 2004 on the kitchen wall.

Doesn't do me any good when I need to take it elsewhere though.

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Wed, 03/12/2008 - 6:53pm

jimpmc
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i had that problem

on a dell and brought to a local pc repair shop and paid $75.00 and it works great.


Wed, 03/12/2008 - 7:14pm

cwandless
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Try Altex,

That is if you have them there in your town. They do great work with warranty and are reasonable in cost.


Fri, 08/01/2008 - 2:45pm

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