Flickering LCD

[Kazuaki Shimazaki]

Since last Friday, I noticed my LCD, on a laptop so new it is still under warranty, is flickering (dimming for a few moments.)

It gets worse at higher brightness settings, and if I'm using battery power along with that, the flickering can be seen on a white page very regularly.

I suspect some kind of hardware problem. Maybe the backlighting tubes are dying. I don't have time to bring it in the shop today, and in any case, I want awhile to backup my vital files (like my Homework) somewhere safe, say a CD.

I'd scrape up my sales slips and other stuff and bring it in the shop Thursday morning. I want it to last until the end of my semester, and I'd take it in after my Exams, but I don't think it is going to make it. If you guys have any other ideas, I'd like very much to know.

Thank you very much in advance.

[PROMETHEUS]

In the worst case, if the LCD fails you can hook it up to a monitor and use it that way. That will at least allow you to copy your files over before taking it in to be serviced.