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T60: Display flickers on battery

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‎09-27-2011 11:09 PM

Hi guys. I have a T60 14" laptop. Lately what happens is that if the laptop is running on battery power, the display flickers once every few seconds. This does not happen on AC power. What's going on and how can I solve it? Thanks all.

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Re: T60: Display flickers on battery

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‎09-29-2011 07:14 PM

Try increasing the brightness to maximum.  Not a totally satisfactory solution but frequently works.

 

 

Keith
(Formerly 600E 2645-4YU, T30 2366-41U, X31 2673-QU7, T40 2373-72U, T41 2379-DKU, T42 2373-3XU.
Currently T42 2379-R1U, T60 1952-AS2, T61p 8889-CTO, T61p 8891-CTO, Ideapad K1)
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Re: T60: Display flickers on battery

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‎09-29-2011 08:37 PM

Your backlight (CCFL) is likely on its way out.

 

You can try replacing the inverter first - they're inexpensive enough - and see whether that helps.

 

Good luck.

Cheers,

George

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