Beret Gascon
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Hi all,
I've just had an ASUS EeePC Seashell in the shop with a screen that showed all signs of an inverter board having fried - there was a ghost of an image when switched on and it worked fine on an external vga display.
This is the model: https://www.laptopscreen.com/English/screen-part-number/HSD100IFW1-A04/
So I ordered a new screen, it arrived, I fitted it and all was well. The customer turned up, I switched on the netbook, it started up Windows 7 Starter and he was a happy bunny and he paid the bill.
The next day he rings me. As soon as he got home, he tells me, he fired up the netbook to show it to his wife and, same thing, screen is black, ghost of an image when switched on and works fine on an external vga display. So I tell him to bring it in and everything he tells me is exact. I told him I'd look into this and see what I could do He's not jumping up and down about me selling him dodgy second-hand parts or anything - he saw it working in the shop and he saw the parts invoice. No, this is about me wanting to know what is going on.
What could possibly fry an inverter board not once but twice? Could it be something to do with a faulty electrical system at home? He told me before he switched on the netbook he plugged in the charger. When I had it in the shop I didn't use his charger, I used mine which output 19.4v. I tested his and it output 18.6v. I can't see that as being the problem but I'm no expert in electrical circuits.
Anybody seen anything like this before? It could, of course, be something simple and I can't see the wood for the trees.
I've just had an ASUS EeePC Seashell in the shop with a screen that showed all signs of an inverter board having fried - there was a ghost of an image when switched on and it worked fine on an external vga display.
This is the model: https://www.laptopscreen.com/English/screen-part-number/HSD100IFW1-A04/
So I ordered a new screen, it arrived, I fitted it and all was well. The customer turned up, I switched on the netbook, it started up Windows 7 Starter and he was a happy bunny and he paid the bill.
The next day he rings me. As soon as he got home, he tells me, he fired up the netbook to show it to his wife and, same thing, screen is black, ghost of an image when switched on and works fine on an external vga display. So I tell him to bring it in and everything he tells me is exact. I told him I'd look into this and see what I could do He's not jumping up and down about me selling him dodgy second-hand parts or anything - he saw it working in the shop and he saw the parts invoice. No, this is about me wanting to know what is going on.
What could possibly fry an inverter board not once but twice? Could it be something to do with a faulty electrical system at home? He told me before he switched on the netbook he plugged in the charger. When I had it in the shop I didn't use his charger, I used mine which output 19.4v. I tested his and it output 18.6v. I can't see that as being the problem but I'm no expert in electrical circuits.
Anybody seen anything like this before? It could, of course, be something simple and I can't see the wood for the trees.
