Never even heard of a Satellite 8250. Is this the newest, greatest, blah blah...? But I've got the same problem as you.

In many of the newer Toshiba's, there's no fiddling with the LCD's...

LCD backlight is merely a cold cathode florescent tube (CCFT), or cold florescent light (CFL) tube - it either works or it doesn't. I'm inclined to think that your inverter is failing (it hasn't...

Duh.... You seem to have forgotten about the ants. Now I didn't believe for one nanosecond that the spill got onto the inverter (it's a little piece of power board that would've shorted and left...

Oh... Don't have a yahoo or msn id. Now as to your other question regarding buying a working motherboard, you're asking me for an assessment that's based on the results of three pretty darn...

So you're doing the private-sale route, which, according to just about everybody, is considered a high risk maneuver. I however, have had the pleasure (and good fortune) of going thru several...

Also, I guess I was trying to steer you away from the EVO-series. I like it, but I think it's a disaster waiting to happen. Why? I'm fundamentally opposed to machines that are lightweight with a lot...

Horizontal and vertical eh... But external is still okay, I take it. I don't know. See, here's what I think: the ants invaded your EVO, which tells me that (1) the sugarly goodies were probably...

In my last post, I meant "region", not country - since within the regions the machine line-up are largely the same. Some manufacturers offer international warranties, too. I've had the pleasure of...

Nah, can't do that. I can, however, look around to see if I can find you any good vendors who'll stand by their products. What I was trying to say earlier was that since it'll be cheaper and easier...

I'm situated in the Cultural Sahara (aka Ka-li-fore-nia) - sorry guys... I had thought you were overseas. Anywho... since your machine is still working, there's no hurry at all (is there?) So...

Jesus H. Count of Monte Cristo... I think you've managed to touch upon the dark side of laptop servicing... I still think there's sweet stuff inside your laptop - which is what attracted the ants....

Hmmm... did you capture, detain, and interrogate that ... ant? The ant could've sensed a pile of sugar inside your laptop, you know... Was there a spill involving soft drinks, Starbucks coffee, or...

I'm probably too late on this one, but it sounded like the wrong BIOS was flashed into this LM-P system. As I recall, the LM-Ps were sold with both active (TFT) and passive (DSTN) displays. Now, in...

Here's the lowdown on LCD bulbs:

LCD displays are not sealed, not insofar as the backlight tubes go. My experience has been that most of 'em aren't "enclosed" to the point where replacing the...

Is it the same make and model monitor? You'd better give us the brand and model so we can avoid it... :)

Doesn't look like anyone can overcome what is basically a design flaw on these Presarios (and the problem is by no means unique to Compaq) - the plastics ain't strong enough to support the amount of...

If any of you are getting lines on your LCD display (like a horizontal or a vertical), it's usually a bad LCD display (the panel itself has a very "partial", or "localized" failure). Someone here...