I have a T20 for sale if you want
I have t20 for sale for 250+delivery cost, min has a connector to hard drive defect but LCD is in perfect condition.
for more information you can contact me here! :D
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did you ever get your screen backlight issue resolved?
Was wondering if you ever had any luck with your issue and did you get it fixed?
I am working on a t20 as well..
inverters showed up in the mail today and still nothing.
I tested the voltage output and was under 1 volt..
not sure why but I am not getting any high voltage
from the inverter..
any input is aprecated!!
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Originally Posted by rowanberry
Hi
I have an IBM T20 laptop but the lcd has suddenly gone dark. If I hold the screen at an angle I can see that there is an image there, it just isnt lit up. I've tried connecting the laptop to an external monitor and it works fine. I've been trawling the net for solutions and so far have come up with either the inverter or the backlight have gone. Does anyone have any other thoughts on what might be wrong?
I can source an inverter on Ebay that doesnt cost much so wondered if this was worth a go in the first instance. I cant see backlights for sale anywhere so does that mean I'd need to replace the whole lcd display? I know this would be really expensive to get done for me so do people think it would be worth my while to try and source a second hand screen on Ebay or elsewhere and do it myself or would this be really complicated?
Thanks
T20 Thinkpad screen dim toggle fn + f7 brightens little
My t20 thinkpad started experiencing the same problem. Screen very dim. Would fade to total dark. I removed 3 screw covers and three phillips screws at bottom front of display. I then gently pryed the black plastic frame cover off. Now I turned on the display. It still showed dim. It also showed a spark arching from a pink wire at the bottom right side of the display to the metal frame that surrounds the display. This was to the right of a green rectangular board.
I simply cut a small piece of black electrical tape about one quarter inch long. I put the tape around the wire shielding it from the metal chassis. Closed it up and its good to go.
Hope your problem is the same. It took about an hour. I looked in the manual from ibm.com and they said to take everything out of the bottom of the laptop under the keyboard for starters, what a nightmare that would have been.
Thanks
From Tom