Comments on: Compaq V6500 Laptop Repaired By A Bright Idea

By: Mendall

Mendall — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:53:42 +0000

Thank you for sharing you information unreserved. We are grateful for all the emails send to us. It is valuable contributions to the repairing service persons everywhere. Thanks.

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By: Lamb

Lamb — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:08:57 +0000

Really a bright idea. Now I've also mine from you.
Thank you for sharing your bright idea.

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By: Edouard Saint-clair

Edouard Saint-clair — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 12:46:36 +0000

Works every time!!!

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By: Bulent

Bulent — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:01:32 +0000

Great job, I thinking.
What is pass, password! 😀

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By: sahid

sahid — Wed, 27 May 2015 15:34:33 +0000

well done

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By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 21 May 2015 07:46:25 +0000

Hi Mark,
Better use a little Neon light on some kind of isolator to test if there's High Voltage in TV's and stuff. The Neon Gas will spontaneous light up from 80 Volts up. The input Impedance (10MOhm) of your Digital Multimeter likely isn't made for 1000 Volts or more. Or just use another small TL (8 Watt) to proof if the inverter works. And sometimes it's just the small soldered fuse on the inverter board that needs repairing. (In our Computer Service repair we have managed to get the Backlight inverter working again this way several times without finding any cause for it's fuse blowing up. If I'm remembering it correctly they were 1 or 2 A types).
And the cases in which the inverter needed real repairing it was mostly the (Dual) mosfets or even the HV transformer on the inverter board itself. But sometimes there was also a little fuse on the laptop mainboard just in front of the LCD flatcable (3.3 Volt) connector. Fixing that fuse mostly fixed a not working LCD screen.
Thanks for the Bright Energy Saving Light Bulb idea, Mark! (Personally I think because of the envirement issues they never should have made them as badly vulnerable they are. Knowing how quickly they end in the wastebins nowadays. An old trusted lightbulb had much more lifetime and was much cheaper too).

Albert.

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By: reza

reza — Thu, 21 May 2015 06:28:15 +0000

hi dear Mark Rabone
thank u for sharing this article.
m.reza from iran

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 19 May 2015 21:24:15 +0000

In reply to Humberto.

Hey Humberto,

I listed the link in the article, but here it is again.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12-24V-CCFL-Inverter-Tester-LCD-TV-Laptop-Screen-6-32inch-Backlight-Lamp-Test-/400894850329?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item5d5731f519

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By: Robert Calk

Robert Calk — Tue, 19 May 2015 06:13:24 +0000

In reply to Humberto.

I bought mine on ebay.

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By: Humberto

Humberto — Mon, 18 May 2015 17:23:12 +0000

Another laptop saved from the dump. Congratulations.

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