[ltp] Getting a replacement backlight

Hannes Kuhnert linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:06:38 +0200


Richard Neill schrieb:
> I don't think it's going to be particularly easy to remove the old one -
> if I recall correctly, the light itself is fixed inside the LCD unit.

Until I checked the flickering screen I thought the CCFL was separate from =
the=20
LCD, but you=E2=80=99re right, it really isn=E2=80=99t.=20

> [Note: colour temperature probably does matter here!]

Thanks for that hint, I wouldn=E2=80=99t have considered that.

It=E2=80=99s much easier than I expected it to be, the lights aren=E2=80=99=
t display-specific,=20
one only needs to check size and color temperature.

I=E2=80=99m still wondering why the prices differ that much:=C2=A0$10 vs. =
=E2=82=AC30 for example.
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Hannes Kuhnert, Chemnitz, Germany