Equium U400-146 - no backlight

Hello

I have a laptop Toshiba Equium U400-146. The warranty has expired the 17 ^ e ^, and the next day, the backlight has failed. I roughly see the screen in bright light, but it's not very practical. Currently, I work around this problem by using an external monitor, but it means that I can no longer use it at college to do my course.

What are the probable causes and solutions to this problem?

I took the laptop to The Tech Guys in the PC world, but for a backlight repair they quoted me the rather steep price for £230. I am currently waiting for quotes from a few other places, but I saw a screen U400-146 to sell on ebay for about £65. However, I hesitate to start the repairs myself, in case I had to end up ruining the laptop completely.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello

> The warranty has expired on 17 and the next day, the backlight has failed
Which is really a bad luck :(

I think that the FL inverter is faulty this small part controls the backlight of the display and if it would be defective, then you could see everything as behind a thick fog!

The FL inverter needs to be replaced it is a solution of the FL inverter is not really expensive...

Laptop disassembly is delicate but you should get in touch with a local technician must be done by someone with experience

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