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I have a Lenovo G530 laptop that has an issue with screen flicker that is getting worse. The computer screen will start going thru a crazy screen flicker then will stop and start again. I have already checked cable connection to lcd on motherboard and reseated connection as someone suggested in another posting I found online that resolved issue. I am starting to think it might be a bad inverter or screen because I have hooked up laptop to external monitor and it is running fine with no flickering happening when the flickering is occurring on laptop. I am attaching a link to a small video I shot of the issue as it is occurring on laptop screen.

Does anyone have any further suggestions? Bad inverter or screen?

Screen flicker video

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Usually a flicker is caused by the inverter or the actual internal signal cable itself. If you feel up to it, I'd crack the case and just reseat the video cable - that might fix the problem.

EDIT: Oh, hey, look what I found! Hehehe. (The G530 is an awful machine. I used to do support for ThinkPads and we'd get misdirected calls for these things a lot, so I've heard the gamut - you're not the first person with this problem.)

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I have already reseated the video cable connection to the motherboard which is why I was wondering if it could be the inverter causing the issue. When I reseated the cable which was about 1 month ago, it worked fine for a while and now having same issue again, which is why I am now considering the inverter. – Kevin Dec 29 '10 at 0:39
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@Kevin - I still probably would look at replacing the cable before the inverter. It's more likely to be the problem and probably APPRECIABLY cheaper. – Shinrai Dec 29 '10 at 15:10
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This guy seems to have found a good solution

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