Screen backlight failures are particularly common in laptops over 2 years of age, but this fault can occur at any point in the machine’s lifetime. There are 3 main components that are involved in the backlight functionality of a laptop, and we can help if just 1 or all 3 parts are at fault.

Your screen backlight is generally classed as “faulty” if the brightness is too dim for the contents of the screen to be readable without straining your eyes. In most cases of backlight failure, if you shine a torch up to the screen you should be able to make out the contents of the screen, even if it appears completely black to the naked eye.