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    Latitude screen is going haywire

    This pc sat for a year and not moved. When I moved it to replace it with another pc then the screen went all colors and you couldn't read a thing. Tiny little lines, millions of them moving as well. When I moved the screen a bit they went away and it was clear.

    While it sits it will start to distort and then go all crazy again until I move the screen to get it back.

    Is this a loose plug? Reset the plug? Live with it?
    Or sell it for parts.

    Pentium III 700mhz, 20 gig HD Dell Latitude.
    Runs well.
    Note: My questions may be to help others
    Thanks, JB

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    Cool Latitude screen is going haywire

    Hi there JC. I have a Dell Latitude, albeit a slightly older laptop, well, more than slightly older, but I had trouble with the screen going out! Not being familiar with taking these suckers apart, I called a so-called expert to fix it. He said that it was unfixable, Dell it seems have a soldered connector to the screen. HE said that I needed to buy another motherboard for it. Hah! I bought another Latitude for 300 dollars. So I don't know if they have improved the product in the years in between, but I don't think so. James
    Last edited by jamesclasater; March 4th, 2005 at 06:55 AM.
    Dell Desktop-Dimension 2400
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    hard drive 80 Gigs.
    Memory 256 megs
    My doctor tell's me that if I'm not starving, then I'm not staying on my diet!

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    Cool Latitude screen is going haywire

    Oh, I almost forgot to mention, he showed me where it was soldered to the motherboard and it was damaged there, the motherboard was also damaged. That's why I bought another one, computer. James
    Dell Desktop-Dimension 2400
    Windows XP sp-2
    Processer Intel 2.60 ghz
    hard drive 80 Gigs.
    Memory 256 megs
    My doctor tell's me that if I'm not starving, then I'm not staying on my diet!

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    Well there are 5 screws to take the screen off from the back. I undid those. There are 2 screws to take off a cover for where it plugs into the mobo. I did those as well.
    You pull the screen straight up. I did that.
    I reset the connector to the mobo and I have not seen any flickers as yet.

    No woodpeckers or anything. So maybe I fixed it I don't know.
    Anyhow it's yours for $400.

    Seems to be ok now. Pentium 3 700mhz. Burner, 256 and 20 gig.

    Send me the money.

    Shipping $17
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    Thanks, JB

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    Cool Latitude screen is going haywire

    Well, well, well. it looks like they did improve them after all. I wish that I did have the money, but just like always I am broke. Thanks for restoring my faith in enterprize. James
    Dell Desktop-Dimension 2400
    Windows XP sp-2
    Processer Intel 2.60 ghz
    hard drive 80 Gigs.
    Memory 256 megs
    My doctor tell's me that if I'm not starving, then I'm not staying on my diet!

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    Do some creative Ebay buying and selling to make money. So far I got two free laptops because of sellers sending me bad laptops so they replaced them with another. I fixed the orginals and then sold them. Eventually you will break even. You can buy some 500mhz for less than $300 and resell them locally after you install stuff and use armourall to clean them up. Lots of people will not use eBay buy you can.

    Easy and fun.
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    Cool Latitude screen is going haywire

    I guess my age must be showing, my appologies for calling you JC, I was thinking of someone else! Mea culpa! James
    Dell Desktop-Dimension 2400
    Windows XP sp-2
    Processer Intel 2.60 ghz
    hard drive 80 Gigs.
    Memory 256 megs
    My doctor tell's me that if I'm not starving, then I'm not staying on my diet!

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