On Sun, 2024-04-07 at 13:57 +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 00:47, Van Snyder via cctalk< > [email protected]> wrote: > > Both extremely helpful. Thanks. > > This is mainly a list for pre-PC era kit. Windows PCs and 64-bit > x86kit are offtopic here, and most members, I suspect, regard them > asdisposable office equipment with no more personality than a > stapler.
I know the main focus of the list. The Vostro 1700 is almost old enough to be a semi-antique. I don't know another list where people might know why the display flashes once and then goes black. > The Vostro 1700 looks to be a 2007 era 17" C2D laptop. > Not much info to go on in your message. You say it boots; how do > youknow? If you shine a very bright light at the display, you can dimly see what it's trying to show. So the display works, but the backlight doesn't. I saw a note that if the display flashes, however briefly, the problem is almost certainly the inverter, not the backlight. So I've ordered a new one -- $10.99, including tax and shipping. > What OS? Latest firmware? Can you SSH to it when the OS comesup? Can > it successfully drive an external screen? Have you opened itup and > checked its CPU and GPU fans are clean, unobstructed, spin andit's > not overheating? Windoze 10 with all the updates. I installed a Ubuntu-something drive and I can ssh to it. It's not overheating. It's my brother's only computer. He's destitute and lives in a room slightly bigger than a postage stamp. He can't afford a new laptop, and he is picky about where the USB connectors are. (His hobby is complaining that most stuff other people would say is good enough isn't perfect.)
