Data recovery on Toshiba T3100 laptop

[Tore S Bekkedal]

On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 21:49 +1000, Dr. Ido wrote:

> Did you try connecting an external monitor?  I'm pretty sure they have a
> CGA video output.  Otherwise, from memory the same display panel was used
> in the Compaq Portable III and a couple of other machines.  Of course if
> the problem in your 3100 is not the plasma panel, but the video on the
> motherboard this will not help.
The problem seems analog - my worry was not the legibility of the
screen, I could probably semi-blind-copy the documents, but if this was
indicative of an impending PSU BBQ party. It seemed like one of those
parts that would be very anal about voltage variations...

I have a VGA monitor, no CGAs around, but I also have a 9-pin to 15-pin
male-male cable - but aren't the voltages different?

-- 
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe at ifi.uio.no>