Toshiba 1005-S157 No Display LCD Problem
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A Toshiba Satellite 1005-S15 laptop recently came in for a backlight repair.
During our free diagnostic we discovered that the inverter was bad. This is normally good news but this time it wasn't. This Toshiba had been at a shop in California where they attempted to install an inverter that was for a Compaq laptop. When doing this they modified the LCD cable. Not only was it a mess, it didn't work!!!
This unit ended up here for a while. We try to turn them around as fast as possible; 2 - 4 days is the norm, but this one liked us and stayed for a while... About 6 weeks. The laptop is a rare model and finding the correct inverter for it was difficult. It turns out the vendors selling parts for this model had all copied each other's (bad) information (this happens a lot) and everyone was listing a part # for an inverter that was supposed to work in the 1005-S157 but it was completely incorrect (we determinded this once the wrong inverter arrived... twice). We contacted a (special) source who gave us the correct inverter information. Once we obtained the correct inverter we needed to find an LCD cable that was not damaged. By the time that came in about 6 weeks had passed.
The laptop is finally done and ready for more action once again.
Thanks to our customer for thei patience..
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 7:14 PM,
