E6410 Owner's Thread

new touchpad update sucks, had to downgrade. The scrolling is total crap

 

I made one big review Lenovo T420 vs Dell Latitude E6420 vs HP Elitebook 8460p
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Wrong thread, this is E6410. You want the E6420 thread here.

 

all of a sudden my screen just began flickering last night..the colors are all messed up and i can hardly see anything on the screen.

I bought this from a third party so warranty is out of the question. Any ideas on where to get a replacement lcd? is that even the problem? and what price am i looking on.

no issue when connected to external monitor

 

Why is the warranty out of question?

As long as the computer is not stolen, the warranty will follow the notebook until it expires. You have the service code and express service code on the bottom of the computer, you can put the warranty in your name with those two sets of numbers.

 

well because i am not in the united states........

 

Was the original owner from the US? Have you checked out your warranty status at support.dell.com and entering your service tag? Screen flickering could be alot of things (scrunched LVDS cable, defective LVDS cable, defective LCD or defective motherboard).

 

Before you go around replacing parts, reseat the display cable (which is actually Embedded DisplayPort, not LVDS). You'll need to remove the LCD panel to get to the connector.

Documentation

Test the system before you re-assemble everything. If the problem does not go away, apply pressure on different locations of the cable and see if that makes a difference.

 

@Tsunade_Hime

yes the system still has 900+ days of warranty left on it which i guess i just voided by having it looked at at a computer store. The money i would pay to ship the system back to the U.S plus get it back here plus wait times would simply be too much.

@Robin24k
Thats what the guy at the tech shop did but he didnt try anything with the cable he just removed the lcd and reseated.

He says he feels the problem is the screen but wants me to pay some more money so he can disassemble the system completely and trace the cable to the motherboard to see if that's the problem.

 

Try it yourself and see.