Thanks for the suggestion, Chuck. Its getting old enough for me to risk
poking around its innards. Of course today the flickering has gone away. It
must have read your post.
Charlie
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a wild guess but I suspect an intermittent electrical connection
> between motherboard and display panel. I don't think that sleep mode is
> related other than that the machine has to be on for a while before that
> takes hold. I suspect that's giving it time to warm up and the thermal
> expansion is fixing the intermittent connection.
>
> If it were mine I'd open it up and pop the ribbon cable between
> motherboard and display panel off and on several times. If the ribbon cable
> has connectors at both ends then do the same on the other end. I'd also
> wipe down any visible electrical contacts with some alcohol while the cable
> is off. Then reassemble and see if that fixed it. If you feel
> uncomfortable doing that someone at one of your local computer shops should
> be able to do that in 15 minutes.
>
> I have 2 laptops. An old Dell (WinXP upgraded to Win 7) and a much newer
> Lenovo with Win 7. It just so happens that I downloaded the repair manual
> from Dell for my machine (no cost) and it seems that what I'm suggesting is
> fairly easy on that machine. You have to remove a plastic back panel (2
> screws), pry up a plastic bezel above the keyboard working from one side to
> the other and then remove the keyboard (2 screws) The only tricky point is
> having to lift the keyboard off in order to get to the display cable. That
> needs to be done with at least a little bit of care so you don't scatter
> the keys all over your work table.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 4/18/2016 3:30 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
>> Greetings All,
>> I have a question regarding my laptop. It is a Compaq that I purchased
>> around the time Windows 7 was coming out. It came with Vista but had a
>> free
>> upgrade to 7 which I did immediately. The upgrade went flawlessly and the
>> laptop has given me no problems. In the last couple of days, after I boot
>> it up in the morning, the screen will blink in a random fashion. It
>> appears
>> the screen goes black for a small fraction of a second and has the
>> appearance of a short flicker (very annoying). If I turn it on and let it
>> sit unused until it goes into sleep mode, when I reawaken it, the flicker
>> has gone away until the next time the machine is rebooted. Does this
>> indicate impending doom? I keep my files backed up so if the worst happens
>> I'm covered. Any thoughts or suggestions? I have run viral/malware scans
>> and all are negative.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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