Inspiron Dim Screen Fix.

Speaking of Lazarus, the dead beggar that Jesus brought back to life and who went on to create the well known chain of shops selling all things ‘Laz’ I now have one such laptop: A Dell Inspiron 1545 ex of Daughtermouse. I already have a 32Gig iPod that was left for dead in a drawer liberally smeared with eyeliner and other cosmetics. That took several hours web browsing to bring back to life. Anyway this Inspiron 1545 suffered from dim screen sickness. It would be bright for half a second and go dim, rather like a Y9 being asked a question. We took it to the menders who replaced, amongst other things, £80 from my pocket into his but it only worked once before the sickness returned. Further web browsing suggested inverter board, back light, screen, motherboard fuse or the motherboard herself. All these things would require expense and major surgery, which I and my fellow resurrector know are not strictly necessary for a bona fide resurrection. I read on. There is magnet and ‘hall effect’ switch that come together when the lid closes and send the machine into a date rape like stupor. I wondered if the hall switch was the problem and opened and closed the lid several times in quick succession and on the severalth time the screen stayed bright: Jubilation! It seems the hall effect switch was OK but the logic circuit it triggers was only holding the new ‘on’ state for a second before falling back to ‘off’ due to residual charge or something. So if you have a dim screen laptop open and close the lid 10+ times and/or take out the battery and charger chord and hold the on button down for 2 minutes. (to dissipate residual charge) And if you have an Inspiron 1545 waft a magnet an inch to the right of the mouse pad and you’ll magically turn it on and off. And if I might suggest to believes, take heed of the Bauhaus motto, “Form follows function.” Belief often leads to the reverse.