HP Pavilion dv5 (KS878) screen becomes black. Flickers. Sometimes works with AC adapter / CC.

Dear HP users,

I've had my HP Pavilion dv5z-1000 for four years now.  My parents bought this computer during the sale of the labor day in 2008.  After almost a year of daily use, I encountered my first problem.  One night during my first year of high school the screen burned completely. In my head I was scared and called HP the next day.  Thank God I was under warranty and they replaced or repaired the LCD screen for me.

Nearly a year later, when no unsecured computer does the same thing again.  This time I couldn't see the computer zap or FRY in front of me.  I turned it on one day and to my surprise, the screen was black.  I took out the battery, turned on the computer with the charger, and the screen started to work again.  Unfortunetely, these two hours of happy he was working while on the load screen went black again.  I called HP and they said I would have to pay because I wasn't not under warranty anymore.

My father has bought a new computer dell laptop after that and I used it since.  I'm now going to College, and I desperately want to FIX this HP computer and use it as a backup.

While on the current the sceen can work for a certain period of time.  Sometimes, the screen can last for 2 + hours or only barely 1 minute, in which there are flickers constantly and then boom - the screen goes black again.

I tried these solutions and I tried to connect the computer to an external monitor (my LG TV) via an RGB - PC cable and the result is connectionless.  I heard that there are countless problems with screens HP including, in particular, the model I bought.  If anyone has any suggestions on what is causing this problem please let me know.  I still don't know if this is my video card, motherboard, the LCD screen, or if the wire connections are damaged/loose.

I use my droid 2 LED flashlight to see the screen sometimes.  My office is always in the background when it turns black.

Help a future student.  It's always a great laptop except the * beep * screen is the only problem.

I agree with you that it is the power inverter and that is why I asked you to use the flashlight. Electric inverters cost less than $20 and a computer store should help you to replace at least for an hour work. Some stores charge $40 - $150 / hr would be fork and I think that in my area, most is about $50-$ 80.  I think that the forums of HP (I think we have to show you the answer?) would be a good reason to buy another HP!

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