Dell M60 LCD screen stopped working

your LCD it toast its better to get it fixed. the cable only by-pass your lap top LCD thus allowint you to use your pc via another monitor sourse

if you can see the start up screen in full color when it starts then the last update could have caused it,
But its more likely that the plug inside the back of the LCD has come loose and needs to be replugged back in,

READ CAREFULLY FIRST BEFORE STARTING

Removing the screens bezels will void warantee
In Saying that ,

Heres how I would do a screen replacement,

You will need a small philips screwdriver for this ...

Remove the power and battery
To Remove the bezel from the front of the screen
There should be 4 or 6 screws holding the cover on,
Screws may be covered by rubber buttons,
then remove the screws holding the LCD to the hinges' frame.
Tilt forward your LCD and lie screen on your keyboard

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LCD panels have a row of IC chips at the top that produce the images on your LCD so do not touch or flex this area because it may produce lines on the LCD or kill it completely.
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botom of screen is inverter power and plug to screen
top rear of LCD is video feed from motherboard,
(above that are those important IC Chips-
DONT TOUCH THE CHIPS)
LCD wiil have tape fastening plug to the socket,
Remove tape and this will expose the plug.
Un plug from screens socket,
Reseat plug back into socket,
Put Tape back on to stop any unwanted movements,

Next step is to power up the LCD to test.

Rest LCD in back of lid and lie lid on table with base at 90 degrees for access to plug in AC power.
do not use battery for this test.
Turn ON power,
If it starts up, then you have a running machine again,
Shut down , unplug power and reassemble,

If LCD does not start then you need to replace the LCD panel and thats about all you can do,

Hope this helps.......

Cheers Misterdj

Sounds to me like your inverter has gone bad. Typically it's situated just below your LCD. To get to it you will have to take out the screws around the LCD bezel. It's a long, skinny circuit board that the LCD plugs into. You can usually find a replacement on Ebay. Just be sure that you're ordering the correct part, otherwise it may not fit or work properly. I've also had times when the entire LCD was going bad and the display was full of squiggly lines. It's hard to say which one is the cause. I would try replacing the inverter first. That part is usually much cheaper than the LCD is.

that means the scren totally went down, there no way to fix, unless you send back to dell.
but there is a evsy way to use the bottom part that buy a extra LCD screen, so you can still using your laptop and display on the larger LCD screen

if the battery is over 18 months old, the answer is replace the battery. If the battery is NEW then the charging circuit of the motherboard is bad

It's probably the wrong screen, cable ,or inverter; in spite of what the repair shop tells you .
Also, sometimes the cable gets pinched if not installed carefully, or the cable connector may need to be re-seated.
Is your laptop a Dell Precision M60 ? I'll see which screen it's supposed to have.

Defective CCFL backlight may has 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.
• 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.

http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/Laptop,LCD-Screens-Repair.aspx

Sounds like the new Samsung LCD screen is bad. The back-light on the Samsung LCD may be burned out. Check out this website; http://www.lcdsearch.com/

when the screen goes away try to wigle the cable from the computer to the monitor see if it could be that