From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like the backlight is wearing out - either due to a tired CCFL tube (which is not easily replaced), or a worn inverter. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind. Unlike when these were never it's not as easy due to both being problematic and old since time is a brutal SOB.
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From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like a worn backlight (or inverter) or LCD. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind. Unlike when these were never it's not as easy due to both being problematic and old since time is a brutal SOB.
I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the panel is bad, either due to a backlight or driver issue. If the driver is bad there's nothing you can do but if it's the backlight you can do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels at realistic prices for these as the cheap ones are usually near the end of their life. If the hours are low and has years of life left it won't be cheap as those are hard to come by.
From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like the backlight is wearing out - either due to a tired CCFL tube (which is not easily replaced), or a worn inverter. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind. Unlike when these were never it's not as easy due to both being problematic and old since time is a brutal SOB.
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I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the panel is bad, either due to a backlight or driver issue. If the driver is bad there's nothing you can do but if it's the backlight you can do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels for these as they’re all near the end of their life, or if it’s verifiably low hours they want an arm and a leg for it.
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I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the panel is bad, either due to a backlight or driver issue. If the driver is bad there's nothing you can do but if it's the backlight you can do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels at realistic prices for these as the cheap ones are usually near the end of their life. If the hours are low and has years of life left it won't be cheap as those are hard to come by.
From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like the backlight is wearing out - either due to a tired CCFL tube (which is not easily replaced), or a worn inverter. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind so it’s not as easy of a issue to diagnose due to time being a brutal SOB.
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From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like the backlight is wearing out - either due to a tired CCFL tube (which is not easily replaced), or a worn inverter. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind. Unlike when these were never it's not as easy due to both being problematic and old since time is a brutal SOB.
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I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the backlight is bad. Either do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s flat out time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels for these as they’re all near the end of their life, or if it’s verifiably low hours they want an arm and a leg for it.
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I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the panel is bad, either due to a backlight or driver issue. If the driver is bad there's nothing you can do but if it's the backlight you can do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels for these as they’re all near the end of their life, or if it’s verifiably low hours they want an arm and a leg for it.
From what I can quickly tell from the photo, it looks like the backlight is wearing out - either due to a tired CCFL tube (which is not easily replaced), or a worn inverter. The problem now that all of these are over a decade old is even if the inverter is bad, the tube may not be far behind so it’s not as easy of a issue to diagnose due to time being a brutal SOB.
I would try and inverter and see, but if the issue persists the backlight is bad. Either do an LED conversion if you know how to, or it’s flat out time for a new computer. You just cannot find good panels for these as they’re all near the end of their life, or if it’s verifiably low hours they want an arm and a leg for it.