Hi,
Just last month the screen on my HP Pavilion g7 1075dx started going completely white. Sometimes the image would pop back, sometimes not. And, it didn't matter if I restarted, lightly tapped the back of the monitor, or let it cool down. It seemed to happen after the laptop was running for a while, maybe 5 minutes or more.
Also, when I plug an external monitor up to it, it displays fine.
Long story short, I ended up taking it to a local computer repair place thinking it was either a bad LCD screen, busted inverter, or a bad connection somewhere.
The laptop has been in the shop for about three days now because it hasn't gone white until today (go figure right?). So the guy at the repair shop calls me and tells me it's the inverter. The only problem he says is that this particular model has a non-replaceable inverter built into the motherboard. In fact that the next model up has the replaceable one. He told me my only recourse was to replace the motherboard which was going to set me back around $400. He also said that basically it's only going to get worse from here on out.
I'm not ordering anything just yet. I did happen to find a cheaper motherboard for my laptop on ebay, but I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing before I purchased anything.
Is this true about the built-in inverter? I read a few posts online saying that inverter replacement was pretty easy but I guess I just have a lousy model?
The laptop by the way isn't under warranty anymore, I wish I could just send it off to HP to get it fixed.
Thanks!
- Danielle
Just last month the screen on my HP Pavilion g7 1075dx started going completely white. Sometimes the image would pop back, sometimes not. And, it didn't matter if I restarted, lightly tapped the back of the monitor, or let it cool down. It seemed to happen after the laptop was running for a while, maybe 5 minutes or more.
Also, when I plug an external monitor up to it, it displays fine.
Long story short, I ended up taking it to a local computer repair place thinking it was either a bad LCD screen, busted inverter, or a bad connection somewhere.
The laptop has been in the shop for about three days now because it hasn't gone white until today (go figure right?). So the guy at the repair shop calls me and tells me it's the inverter. The only problem he says is that this particular model has a non-replaceable inverter built into the motherboard. In fact that the next model up has the replaceable one. He told me my only recourse was to replace the motherboard which was going to set me back around $400. He also said that basically it's only going to get worse from here on out.
I'm not ordering anything just yet. I did happen to find a cheaper motherboard for my laptop on ebay, but I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing before I purchased anything.
Is this true about the built-in inverter? I read a few posts online saying that inverter replacement was pretty easy but I guess I just have a lousy model?
The laptop by the way isn't under warranty anymore, I wish I could just send it off to HP to get it fixed.
Thanks!
- Danielle