So this has been happening for quite a long time now. I missed my chance to send it in for warranty, so now I need to try to fix it myself.
I have an Asus K61IC laptop. The screen flickers pretty violently most of the time. Sometimes it is perfectly fine, other times it is so bad you can't even use it. When it does it the worst sometimes the screen goes black for a second or two, but it is mostly just flickering really fast.
It seems to be worse if it is running off the battery, though it can get pretty bad while plugged in as well.
Temperatures or load doesn't seem to be a factor. Nor do drivers or software because it flickers while in Linux Live CD's or even while the BIOS is loading sometimes.
Also, while using external video (HDMI or VGA), the external monitor is absolutely fine with no flickers at all.
I've never really dealt with troubleshooting laptop hardware, so I'm at a loss here. I'm thinking it is probably the backlight or something.
Any ideas to pin point this?
I have an Asus K61IC laptop. The screen flickers pretty violently most of the time. Sometimes it is perfectly fine, other times it is so bad you can't even use it. When it does it the worst sometimes the screen goes black for a second or two, but it is mostly just flickering really fast.
It seems to be worse if it is running off the battery, though it can get pretty bad while plugged in as well.
Temperatures or load doesn't seem to be a factor. Nor do drivers or software because it flickers while in Linux Live CD's or even while the BIOS is loading sometimes.
Also, while using external video (HDMI or VGA), the external monitor is absolutely fine with no flickers at all.
I've never really dealt with troubleshooting laptop hardware, so I'm at a loss here. I'm thinking it is probably the backlight or something.
Any ideas to pin point this?