> When I turned on my MP 130 yesterday the backlight came on, lit up for a
> few seconds, flickered on and off a few times and then blinked off.
This the way most MP130 backlights die. own two 130's whose backlights
died that way.
> Then a black shadowy mist started creeping diagonally from the lower
> left corner of the screen - whether the adapter was plugged in or not.
Weird, never seen THAT so far.
> Is this a backlight blowout
Most likely.
> or a sign of more ominous things to come?
Hard to say. The 130 is the least robust Newton model I know. But if the
shadowy mist has disappeared after a reset, I wouldn't be overly
worried yet.
Frank
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