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FL Inverter?

post #1 of 4
5/23/06 at 10:58am
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Folks,

I have a Satellite 2430-402 running XP Home. It suffers from an intermittant backlight failure in that it will fail for a few seconds and then return - sometimes just a second or so up to loss for 10 seconds. Info on the screen is just visible if you have very good eyes. With help from this forum I have dismantled the unit and the FL unit is a K000001290 WK318.

Question. Is this a problem unit? Is it possible before I spend out for a replacement that there may be some other cause? It's just like closing the lid so I just wondered if it may be a dicky switch.

Does anyone have any like experience and would offer some advice?

With best regards, Brian
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post #2 of 4
5/29/06 at 8:23pm
Hello Brian,

Toshiba has announced FL invertor problem for about 2 years ago and sent letters to it's customers however it was on Satellite 1800-1805 serious so it doesn't match with your model.
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post #3 of 4
6/1/06 at 5:12am
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Thanks for the response. I've also seen some references to FL problems but nothing specific to this model. I've checked connections but can't see anything obvious. I guess the only thing left to do is to change it out. Anyone know of a UK supplier for new or second hand parts?

Regards, Brian
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post #4 of 4
6/1/06 at 11:58am
I've seen FL inverters on ebay in the US for about $20 shipped and some of the ebay stores even ofered international shipping for a bit more. You might want to look there, ebay in the UK/Europe might be a better starting point.
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