Acer Laptop Screen Problem-Inverter or Backlight

Sooooo.... I'm working on a free hand-me-down laptop. Had a hard drive problem, which I fixed and happened to find 4GB of RAM to toss into it... and what do ya know, the screen starts messing up as soon as I fixed it...

The laptop is not very old so I would like to fix it... onto my problem.



The screen sort of "flickers" and "moves around" and also has a pink tint to it every once in awhile. The screen is this way as soon as I power on the laptop, and having it plugged into the wall proves no difference. Another strange thing is, if I leave it on, after about 5-10 minutes its works perfect, but only for about 15 seconds, then back to like the picture above.

- Tried hooking it up to my desktop monitor, works great.
- Took this thing apart, checked the all of the wire connections, seem to be solid and fooling with them with the lappy on did no justice. I'm stumped basically.

So now I'm wondering, backlight or inverter?

EDIT: Oops forgot the laptop info
Acer Aspire 7520-5071
17" Dual-Core 4GB RAM
Any comments/help?

Thanks in advance,
-Shook
--------------UPDATE----------
So I tried an inverter.... no fix
Noticed that while messing with the video cable to the LCD made the screen go in and out.....
Ordered a new LCD cable.... no fix


Sooo I made a short video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vAGRl3ewc

If it happens the inverter to be messed-up, those Acer computers are easy to unmount. Try to find the inverter on *bay or amazon

Trembyle said:

it sounds to me like the inverter is building up a charge then letting go.

So your money is on the inverter?

Yea I've found an inverter for around $20-$30 on eBay. Very easy to change, have had it open already. Just hoping someone knowledgeable with LCD screens, would be able to tell me if it was in fact the inverter or the CFL bulb(which I would contemplate changing myself, but sounds like quite the pain in the ass)

I would say it is a loose connection, so do have a look.

I have had the whole thing apart, checking the cable for loose connection, checking the insulation of the wires, but nothing looked suspect to me. I have the whole screen apart at the hinges and the body of the laptop down to the motherboard.

Shook said:

I have had the whole thing apart, checking the cable for loose connection, checking the insulation of the wires, but nothing looked suspect to me. I have the whole screen apart at the hinges and the body of the laptop down to the motherboard.

What's about this piece...behind the Lcd, is it well plugged? :

Could be here aswell...move it or try to unplug and replug carefully: