Re: Satellite A200-1AX - black image display and delay

My Satellite A200-1AX is 3 weeks old and its LCD was replaced by Toshiba Center here in Kuwait because of defects.
After placing the new LCD i have notice that whenever I am turning on and shutting the unit off, a delay of black image is being displayed and slowly disapperaing.
Can you please tell me if this is normal in appearance just like what the technician in Toshiba Service Center is telling me?
is there any problem with the installation of the new LCD?
I find this thing as an abnormal display when booting and shutdown state of the unit.
Hope you give sometime answering me and best regards.

Thank you Jack Black for your immediate response. I really do't know what transpire to that problem and maybe you are correct that it has something to do with the replacement. The image i am noticing wherein the Technician in Toshiba Service Center here in Kuwait saying that it is normal which I contradict is similar to this scenario, let say you blew up air in a glass or window, you will notice some fog on it and suddenly the fog will gone away.
That is how i describe the black image being display momentarily and and it is disapperaing very slowly which is not normal to compare with the laptop
i am using now which is also toshiba and to all the computers which i had used.
I am bothered with this and i suspect it might have some other problems after the replacement.
Again thak you and hope you can still help me to sort out this problem.

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