Laptop screen backlight keeps turning off??!
I've run into a prob no amount of head-scratching seems to resolve. It's a Dell Inspiron P3, and inevitably just over a year old. The screen backlight keeps turning it's self off in Windows XP, and has also done the same while looking at the BIOS setup screen. When it works correctly in XP, at times the backlight flickers and the screen may also be a bit pinkish. After the backlight has turned off, anywhere between a minute and and hour, it will only turn back on by using the Fn (Function key) and the Suspend key on the keyboard. This pops up the Shutdown/Suspend/Restart options and turns the backlight on again. The Fn+key to use external monitor instead, doesn't turn the light back on.
If it had never turned off while looking at the BIOS setup I would blame XP, but it doesn't seem that simple. The girlfriend has loads installed and doesn't want everything wiping for a re-install. All powersaving options in XP and the BIOS have been disabled. After calling DELL they think it's the graphics card (£250 please!). Anyone have any other ideas, or ideas on how to better diagnose it.
Thanks for any ideas, F