The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    6805 screen went dim

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by thewhits, Jun 12, 2005.

  1. thewhits

    thewhits Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a 6805 that I bought a little over a year ago and, you guessed it the warranty is up, and now the screen is barely bright enough to see at night. During the day forget it. Everything is there and works fine, I just cant see a damn thing. I tried everything I and Emachines could think of. I hooked to an external monitor, reinstalled card drivers, system restore, and adjusting screen in menu. Nothing worked.

    So apparently its a screen issue, not software. I was told that they wouldnt fix it and to take it some place local to be repaired. I have a feeling I'm looking at a good amount of money to repair this. A posssible screen replacement sounds about right. Can you guys help me out? Like either something else to try or a place to get a cheap new screen if need be? Anything you could come up with would be a help. Its a shame because I really love the laptop. I really want to fix it but not put another $500 in to it to do it. Help if you can.

    Tom
     
  2. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    468
    Messages:
    1,369
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    This post from Notebook forums might help. http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=58403

    First PC = Vic-20, 8" 128KB Home-Brew Floppy Drive ... Current Rig = eMachines m6805 ... Quantum Leap?
     
  3. thewhits

    thewhits Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks for the link. I'll have to go thru the whole post as soon as I can. Seems worth a try.