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August 25th, 2025 02:27

Dell Inspiron 15R-5521 dim screen & other

I have a Dell Inspiron 15R-5521  15.6" screen w/i3-3227U, 8GB RAM,    will be coming to me problems

1 it has a dim screen 

2 they say will not mirror to external monitor unless internal screen is physically disconnected from motherboard

is these a easy fix? 

Thank you

Todd

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August 25th, 2025 15:45

Dim screen is either a bad backlight in the panel, or the power supply to the backlight.  The other symptom sounds like a bad mainboard.

The entire system is worth between $30 and $50 complete so any replacement parts needed should be evaluated in light of that.

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August 25th, 2025 22:47

great at least I found a parts machine to fix mine

Thank you

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