Encolpius
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Well, my laptop, which I've had since August 2004, is on its last legs anyhow. The keyboard's busted, the T, Y, G, H, F2, and Num Lock keys all don't work and some of them are broken physically anyhow. The battery won't charge and it'll only run on AC power if it's constantly plugged in. So basically it looks like it's on a life support machine. And the latest thing to go wonky - the screen.
From time to time it'll black out or flicker at random and the only way to solve this is to waggle it back and forth until the picture returns, which can take either a few seconds or a while, and it's really, really, infuriating.
So, my question's this - what causes this sort of thing, how can I fix it, and to be frank, should I just dump the thing and get a new lappy (albeit sans Windows Vista, which I have had the misfortune to use and despised.)
From time to time it'll black out or flicker at random and the only way to solve this is to waggle it back and forth until the picture returns, which can take either a few seconds or a while, and it's really, really, infuriating.
So, my question's this - what causes this sort of thing, how can I fix it, and to be frank, should I just dump the thing and get a new lappy (albeit sans Windows Vista, which I have had the misfortune to use and despised.)