Laptop LCD screen started showing horizontal line
My 1.5 year old laptops LCD screen after 6 month use started showing 1 horizontal white pixel line (well the line color kind of depends on what colors are above the line but usually it’s white) after 3 more months second appeared and today I spotted a third one now it’s one 3 pixel thick line at the near bottom of the screen. I found that it’s monitors fault because it always shows. However I found a trick to TEMPORALLY FIX IT: by easily pushing left top monitors corner forth and right top corner back the line disappears and appears again if I release the corners.
This description sounds like a problem with the LCD screen. Unfortunately, when the laptop screen starts showing lines like that, it cannot be fixed.
You’ll have to use the laptop as is with lines or get ready to replace the whole LCD screen.
Laptop screens used to be very expensive but these days you can find a brand new replacement screen for less than $100. Try eBay, there are some cheap LCD screens there.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
dell inspiron 9400.
boots with dell startup screen, then goes black..cant see anything in the back.have replaced inverter, no luck.when i plug in external monitor it works fine.have checked and reseated the cables.is it the screen?
thanks
January 28th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Iv got a Samsung NP-R60s. The problem is that i had a usb in my usb port and when i went to take it i accidently broke the thing thats inside the usb port.. & my laptop just turn off and im wandering whats wrong with it??
i was wandering if anyone knows any tutorials of how to disconnect that port from the motherboard???
i hope someone can help???
Email me Tofakipouono@gmail.com
January 28th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Tim,
Most likely the USB port is soldered to the motherboard. You can desolder the damaged port using this technique: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/12/06/dc-power-jack-repair-guide/
February 17th, 2010 at 7:45 am
I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1325 (02-10-10)
OS: Windows 7
AMD Processor
IE8
When I am running on battery, the screen flickers insanely when I am browsing the internet. Yahoo is horrible, I can hardly read my email. Other websites are doing the same thing to differing degrees. (For instance, your website isn’t doing it at all!). When I plug it in everything is beautiful.
Is it a power setting or maybe a graphics card? I am not very computer savvy on the technical end, so speak to me very s-l-o-w-l-y. lol
Thanks in advance for your help.
April 20th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Melissa,
Not sure what’s going on.
Can you install Firefox? Do you have same problem while browsing with Firefox?
April 28th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
This comment should assist a couple different questions. a LCD has a light in the bottom that allows it to bright when it displays AKA backlight. that is compoent 1 that can cause a dark of flickering screen. the other is the inverter which is a small electronic board that sits right under the lcd. this is the most common cause of a dark and flicking screen and they can be purchased on ebay for $20-$40 depending on the model.
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:39 pm
i have not yet gone the answer for my question that says i have a laptop with many horozontal lines all over the screen and they are in yello color,pink, green, blue, orange etc. what is the problem and how can i solved that problem so that my monitor screen look clean without those line which stop me from seeing/reading my document well.
Thanks.
Davidson
CKS Kitgum Uganda.