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by bronate1

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I have a Dell Latitude C510/C610. When the laptop boots up you can see the computer booting. Then the screen goes dark. If you tilt the screen you can see the display lightly in the darkness. What is wrong with the screen?

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by triathlete1981

tried messing with the contrast and brightness settings and other display settings, get in touch with dell. sounds like they didn't make that screen right.

by captbilly1eye

since you said the screen is black but the image is slightly visible, it is probably a problem with the screen's inverter.
On Dell laptops, the inverter is typically located at the base of the screen.
You'll want to check to make sure it is not just a loose connection.
It is also possible that it is a backlight problem, but I would suspect the inverter first.

Here is where you can get instructions for replacing the backlight and also see where the inverter is:
http://tinyurl.com/32jlb2

Here's a supplier of inverters:
http://tinyurl.com/3cyg3n

I hope this helps.
Good Luck.

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