Oh yeah, your backlight is on the way out. The rule of thumb with backlights on LCDs is:
Backlight comes on regular, then turns off -> Inverter
Backlight is red/pink EVER -> CCFLs bad
You can try to repair by replacing the CCFLs, but it's a difficult job, the other is just to pull open the laptop and try to find that model of LCD on ebay...
Make sure you get the same revision, as revisions will actually either change the plug, the pinout or the data communication the laptop makes with the display.
You can find LCDs cheap, and probably for a laptop of that vintage, maybe no more than $30 + Shipping.
It would be worth it just replacing the LCD then installing it yourself. Not an overall difficult job so I would go that route.
Backlight comes on regular, then turns off -> Inverter
Backlight is red/pink EVER -> CCFLs bad
You can try to repair by replacing the CCFLs, but it's a difficult job, the other is just to pull open the laptop and try to find that model of LCD on ebay...
Make sure you get the same revision, as revisions will actually either change the plug, the pinout or the data communication the laptop makes with the display.
You can find LCDs cheap, and probably for a laptop of that vintage, maybe no more than $30 + Shipping.
It would be worth it just replacing the LCD then installing it yourself. Not an overall difficult job so I would go that route.