[geeks] Laptop LCD defect *rant*

[Gavin Hubbard]

>> Although it isn't ethical, I'm really tempted to disconnect the backlight
>> power lead (which can be accessed by removing the keyboard) and declare it
>> DOA. I'm not usually that nasty, but that unblinking red pixel is slowly
>> driving me nuts in a disembodied HAL 2000 sort of way...
>
>Fsck the ethical part, I'd do it. Just drag out that cable enough to
>cause the backlight to go black, then you could always refer to your own
>theory that "something must have happened during shipment".
>
>/Bjorn

I'm really tempted. The only problem is, what do I do if the replacement
system also has pixel defects. :-P

Regards,

Gavin