IBM thinkpad LCD

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Be extremely careful. The inverter output is extremely high voltage and
can seriously injure or kill you. It's typically in the range of 800 to
1,600 volts, up around 10 - 20 KHz, current availability is in the range
of 5 ma to 20 ma. There is quite a bit of variability depending on the
exact machine and configuration.

This is no part of a laptop for an amateur to be fooling around with,
again, the voltages in the inverter can be very dangerous.


Guillermo wrote:

> Hello everyone:
> Last week I wrote about the backlight in the LCD of an IBM T21.
> I was able to take it all apart and checked the wires, no luck.
> I want to test the output of the inverter, and I wonder what voltage I
> should get from there. I have a nice voltmeter/oscilloscope so I can check
> the frequency as well. I don't know where to find the specs, though, so I
> was wondering if somebody can help me on that.
>
>
> guillermo
>
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