Gateway M6312 Laptop

[wobbles]

I have a Gateway laptop I am fixing for a friend. Its a M6312,
Their dog knocked it onto the floor and the LCD broke, I just replaced it with a brand new one. I started it up and I can barly see the screen, it is very dark. I tryed doing the FN key with the sun and it doesn't work. It looks like the backlight is not on. how do I go about turning it on. where would I find this.


Please help.

[jer]

I actually have a similar model -- the 6714 -- and ran across the same issue when I first got it.  When you say "sun" are you referring to the F8 key? (ie are you pressing Fn + F8 to try to brighten the screen?)  Not sure how yours is labeled, but if it's like mine then it's backwards.

Assuming Fn + F8 does not work, try Fn + Up* instead (unless, of course, Fn + Up is what you already tried, in which case try Fn + F8).  Incidentally, their counterparts are (usually) Fn + F7 and/or Fn + Down.

Hope that helps...   

* "Up" means the "Up arrow key" on the bottom-right of the keyboard.

[Lisa_maree]

Did you also replace the small board at the bottom of the screen. If not, it's possible the power supply (inverter) for the back light is also faulty.