So I have a Acer Aspire 5740-5749 that had been given to me to fix.

The screen appeared blank when i turned it on and therefore I assumed that it was a bad screen.

Well after replacing the screen, the issues was the same, only this time I noticed that there was a picture, but it was extremely dim. I didn't know what to make of it, but assumed that it was a bad Ribbon Cable. (I would like to add that the computer works perfectly when attached to an external display.)

Well I replaced the cable and nothing has changed. The screen is there, but incredibly...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Ok so suppose I can play along with the little introduction page.

My names Alex and I have just recently graduated college with a degree in Information Science, I have recently began working as a computer technician/ programmer at a somewhat smaller business by my house while i attend grad school.

I think that this site will be helpful to me at work and outside of it.

but mainly i really need to figure out some things that i just cant seem to find from sorting through everything on...