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‎11-10-2018 02:36 PM

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Product: Pavilion DV7-1000EG
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello.

I have a dv7-1000eg, which made the following:

It is working fine, for over 8 years, but one day the screen got darker and darker, and it went completely dark. This took about 30 seconds.

Connecting a screen to the VGA port works fine, the GPU is good. When I shine a light to the screen I see silhouettes, so I assume the backlight is out. I have taken apart the whole device but saw no obvious damages. What could be the issue? What do I need to test / check / change?

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‎11-10-2018 02:48 PM

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@daniel_19841

 

It is most likely the Inverter or the CCFL in the LCD panel.

 

The inverter is cheaper to try first.

 

But from experience it is probably the display:

 

REO

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