Oh, and if you'd like some actually useful advice: Ask the EE majors (I'm not
sure what the listserv address is) if anyone would like to help out--they all
have soldering experience from their labs.

Quoting Andrew Guertin <[log in to unmask]>:

> On 01/08/2010 01:27 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> 
> > Andrew,
> >
> > The following link would suggest the problem is indeed the backlight:
> > http://www.fixya.com/support/t3608901-toshiba_satellite_a135_s2386_powers
> >
> > Andrew
> 
> > Andrew,
> >
> > Sorry for the list-spam, but here is the backlight for $10:
> > http://www.fixya.com/support/t3608901-toshiba_satellite_a135_s2386_powers
> >
> > Andrew
> 
> Yep, I found that. The problem is that I don't have any experience replacing
> a 
> backlight, and other places I found said it may involve soldering. I don't
> feel 
> comfortable enough in this area to try things with hardware that isn't mine,
> so 
> I was looking to see if anyone had done it before and could be there in
> person 
> to help me out.
> 
> Thanks though,
> 
> --Andrew
>