Comments on: Laptop LCD screen started showing horizontal line

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:03:56 +0000

I have a dell laptop M140. When I turn it on the screen is a distorted mess. Nothing but large splashes of black shapes, one area has different colored horz. lines and a lot of the screen is white. Of course nothing works. Can plug into an external monitor and everything works ok. Do I need a whole new lcd? What do I do next?

By: CM

CM — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:18:54 +0000

I have an HP dv9720 (US). The lcd will only display the top half of a page, and freeze, unless I press on the LCD in the left middle section, then it appears to work fine, as long as I hold pressure there. I removed the LCD and checked the connections -even powered it up while the back of the lcd was exposed to see if moving the ribbon connector might be loose, not luck. I need to know if this is a LCD issue or an inverter?

Thanks,

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:36:41 +0000

benjamin,

why keep on telling stories electronic is theory plus practical.

Agree. First you troubleshoot the problem and then you fix it.
My posts are not stories, they are troubleshooting steps.
If you want to get practical, at least mention the laptop model number and what is going on.
You know, your question sounds like: “My car doesn’t work. How can I fix it?”. Be more specific.

By: benjamin

benjamin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:14:46 +0000

why keep on telling stories electronic is theory plus practical.

By: samantha

samantha — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:18:56 +0000

hi, my dad gave me a toshiba satellite A135 and after powering it on it whirs the screen comes up dim and reddish then goes black. all of the lights in the front are blue. i have been scouring all over trying to figure it out, and I ordered a new battery and adapter off ebay (hasn’t come yet) because I took a DIY quiz on the Toshiba site and that’s what they recommended, a new adapter (except their’s is 100 bucks!) so, please, any help would be appreciated, I am desperate to fix this, I’m a single mom with school aged kids and we all need this to be fixed. =)
thanks for your comments!

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:46:08 +0000

Davin, Possible graphics chip failure. Posted your question here.

By: Davin

Davin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:45:48 +0000

Have a 2 year old Dell M1330 laptop. Yesterday the screen went black then came back on then black again and after that the screen turned teal and went nuts….. like it almost looked like if you went to a tv channel that wasn’t there. Then I shut it off because nothing would work and tried turning it on and it came to a white screen and after ten mins could see a screen that said something but the image was super blurry and I could not read it, only see an outline of the box on the screen. Now it came back on, but it has happened twice. Any ideas???? Let me know what you think! Thanks!!!!!

By: polycarbonate sheet

polycarbonate sheet — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:29:29 +0000

my hcl laptop is giving the same problem lines and scattered images all over the screen damn with laptop

By: salman

salman — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:19:09 +0000

i have a lenovo n500 laptop. 3 days back a black horizontal line appeared in the middle of the screen . i tried alot of things to fix it but failed . i downloaded latest drivers but they didnt worked either. guys tell me some thing to fix it as its very annoying.

By: Abala Davidson

Abala Davidson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:39:07 +0000

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.