Does it have a plug in for an external monitor? It may not be salvagable as
a laptop without replacing the display but with an external monitor, it may
be just fine.

When I was employed (those were the days g) I had a Toshiba laptop display
fail on me while I was working out of town for a month. The Residence Inn
was kind enough to loan me a monitor which worked very nicely for the
duration of the trip.

The problem was eventually resolved by replacing the display.

PattyL


"Larry" wrote in message
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I am trying to recover an old Toshiba Tecron 8100 for a friend of mine.
However, the LCD monitor is dark, i.e., no display, colors, or
backgrounds.
Just dark. I can hear the computer booting up and running, there's no
screen
to work with. I have been researching issues with this model laptop, and
they do have a history of display problems. More specifically, the
backlights burn out for whatever reason. I know this model is an old one,
but I wanted to know where I could learn more or if I am able to recover
it,
should I start with the backlight and its replacement. The other errors
and
issues need to be resolved, but I can't see the interface to begin
troubleshooting. Does anyone know of a similar problem and where they
began
to resolve their similar issue?
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Thanks for taking the time.