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Laptop video cable...
Dec. 28th, 2010 12:21 amThe screen on my laptop is starting to flicker at random even more now.
It seems the cable that connects the motherboard to the screen is starting to get even more intermittent breaks in it.
I'd like to buy a new cable for it, as the rest of the laptop is still working perfectly well (aside from a green pixel), though I would be interested in a whole new, more powerful model.
But if only I had the money...
If I couldn't get a new cable for this laptop, and couldn't get a new laptop to replace this one, I do have an alternative.
Unfortunately, I'd also have to buy a new monitor, as my current one is an LCD one that only goes up to about 1280x1024, and would also have to buy a USB KVM switch.
I'd hook up my desktop computer and my laptop to the KVM, then hook the KVM up to my monitor and a USB keyboard and mouse (both of which I have and like using), which would allow me to use the same monitor and keyboard setup for both the desktop computer and the laptop.
What I'm not sure about is the relative costs of all three options...
It seems the cable that connects the motherboard to the screen is starting to get even more intermittent breaks in it.
I'd like to buy a new cable for it, as the rest of the laptop is still working perfectly well (aside from a green pixel), though I would be interested in a whole new, more powerful model.
But if only I had the money...
If I couldn't get a new cable for this laptop, and couldn't get a new laptop to replace this one, I do have an alternative.
Unfortunately, I'd also have to buy a new monitor, as my current one is an LCD one that only goes up to about 1280x1024, and would also have to buy a USB KVM switch.
I'd hook up my desktop computer and my laptop to the KVM, then hook the KVM up to my monitor and a USB keyboard and mouse (both of which I have and like using), which would allow me to use the same monitor and keyboard setup for both the desktop computer and the laptop.
What I'm not sure about is the relative costs of all three options...
