Question about IBM ThinkPad T23 Notebook

My Screen Is Black When I turn the Laptop On

Hi I am having problems with my t23 ibm like it turns on fine but the screen is black Is there anyway to fix it if so please help Thanks

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Adi Korac Jul 31, 2007

idk whats up i returned it to the guy who i bought it from and he is trying to fix it by the way
heres is what happens
i turn on the comp the green light above the keyboard turns on and nothing else happens i can open and close the cdrw and thats all i can do nothing else
Adi Korac Jul 31, 2007

thanks yea im gonna let him fix it since he knows how to do that and i trust him
zane20 Nov 29, 2008

i have the same problem but my problem is the screen is black and a light from lower right corner of my laptop looks like indicate the battery and a green light from the right corner upper part of the keyboard in line with the lights that where you can identify if the laptops works or the the only light i can see is the right icon their the letter z one
Anonymous Jan 06, 2009

Can someone answer the 1st ******* question before everyone else starts listing their own problems!!!!

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My T30 Flashes the bios screen then goes black...an external monitor works fine. Most likely the connector is loose...grrr

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I HAVE THIS IBM THINKPAD THAT TURNS BLACK WHEN TRYING TO TURN IT ON, THE LIGHTS WERE ON BUT NOT ALL THEM TOO. IS THERE ANY THING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? IS SO PLEASE HELP

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My notebook acer 1450 turn on but the screen is black. before getting black i can see the scrren turning to stripes and then turn to black

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When you say ?it turns on fine? I?m assuming that the power and hard drive LEDs turn on. If that is the case it could be your LCD backlight giving you problems. With the computer on and the monitor power LED green shine a flashlight in the lower left hand corner of your screen. Look for the ?Start? button, if your backlight is not working you?ll see a faint ?start? button if you look closely. This is usually an economically repairable problem but not for the typical home user. Let us know if you have any other questions and please don?t forget to rate this posting.

Posted on Jul 31, 2007

Anonymous Jul 31, 2007

Sounds like there is more involved than just a backlight issue. You were wise to refer it back to the seller so as to not void the warranty.

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Chris Hingee

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SOURCE: Laptop screen goes black, no backlite

You could have a defective screen - a defective inverter or a CCFL lamp.
To determine if you have a LCD screen or video card problem, read this and follow the instructions.

Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom:

Screen flashs on red/pink and off.
Picture stays on in red and slowly be come normal.
Picture flickering with dim display or appear black.
Picture flickering on and off.

All these symptoms indicate that the LCD backlight lamp (CCFL Lamp) has reached the end of the life and all you need to do is replacing the CCFL lamp

Connect an external monitor to your laptop and power it up, if you see the normal Windows images then the video card and laptop is OK and the problem is definitely the backlight.

Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out www.lcdparts.net for parts, repair service and DIY info.

Posted on May 08, 2009

One Million Network Inc

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SOURCE: My Screen Is Black When I turn the Laptop On

need a inverter maybe. t23 lcd inverter check ebay diy project need a screw driver thats it

Posted on Apr 16, 2008

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