Notebooks & Netbooks

[kenl40009]

Hi all, my Aspire is about 2 years old and has started to have a black screen on boot up. It will light up after a period of time and is getting more frequent, I have seen that replacing the back light inverter is a fix but it seems that this screen may not have one to replace! any help/suggestions appreciated many thanks in advance - Ken

[JackE]

You may want to try to re-seat the video ribbon cable connectors to the motherboard, LCD screen and cam. Unfortunately, the keyboard and screen bezel need to be removed in order to reach these connectors. If that doesn't work, the cable itself may have an intermittent break or crack in one of it's conductor traces usually near the congested hinge area due to operning & closing the lid too often.  In that case, a new ribbon cable is recommended, usually going for under $20 from Amazon for the V3 series.

Jack E/NJ

[kenl40009]

Thanks for the reply JackE, I'll give it a try and let you know if it works/improves, Ken