Suddenly the laptop screen has gone very dim

I’ve had a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop for 3yrs and suddenly the screen has gone very dim. You can still just make out things if you try to see screen in light. During startup it lights up but very quickly blacks out. I used an external monitor and it works fine. Now i found that if move screen at around 30-40 angle from key board and start it works fine after 2-3 attempts, thereafter if i raise the screen it works without any problem.
Can you please let me know what exactly the problem is? Is it some loose connection?

It’s possible that there is some kind of connection issue inside the laptop display panel, probably loose connection between the video cable and the screen inverter. You can try this. Open up the display panel and reconnect the video cable on the inverter board, it might help.

34 Responses to “Suddenly the laptop screen has gone very dim”

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    Gaurav Singh JAsrotia Says:
    October 5th, 2011 at 10:29 am

    hey sir , their is promblem regarding laptop light showing dim when i start my laptop and whileever when i plug charge itz light come as their in first time as original ………plz tell me wht the fault is dat ?

    regard ,
    jasrotia gaurav

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    Sinnerman88 Says:
    May 22nd, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    I had this problem and narrowed it down to calibration settings…just load the old calibration from screen settings/advanced settings..it fixed the dim screen for mei do not however know whats causing the calibration to get all wonky..

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    ajay midha Says:
    January 24th, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    I’ve a asus a6000 notebook for 4yrs and suddenly the screen has gone very dim. I can still just make out things if i try to see screen in light. During startup it beeps but displays dim . I used an external monitor and it works fine. Now i found that if move screen at specific angle from key board and start it displays, it displays at light
    Can you please let me know what exactly the problem is? Is it some loose connection? or it is a software problem

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    Laptop Freak Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Murray HS,

    When I turn on my Dell latitude D505, the screen looks light pink for less than a minute, then the screen looks ok, no that bright. But ok, good for me.
    I’m wondering what the symptoms of the light pink is when the laptop starts up.
    Should I replace the inverter?

    I think you have a problem with the backlight lamp. Most likely it’s getting old and you’ll have to replace the screen soon.
    I posted your questions and some suggestions here.

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