Sony Vaio laptop video not working or shows random characters

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ series laptop. The video stopped working but it didn’t fail in one day, it failed gradually. The laptop was working fine for the first 14 months. One day I turned it on and the screen had some strange characters all over. I restarted the laptop right away and after [...]

The laptop turns on without anything on the screen

I have my Nec Versa laptop which works perfect when turned on. However when I switch on the power, the front blue power light turns on but without anything on the screen. I have to force the blue light off by pressing down the power switch. I try the turn on/off process for quite a [...]

How do I replace LCD screen on HP Pavilion dv6 notebook

I have a broken LCD on a HP Pavilion DV6-2157 notebook. I don’t see any screws on the bezel. How do I replace the LCD on this model? Any info would be helpful.
You are correct, this model doesn’t have any screws on the screen bezel.
In order to remove and replace the LCD screen you’ll have [...]

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 [...]

Toshiba Satellite’s LCD screen stopped working

My Toshiba Satellite’s LCD stopped working. I tested by attaching an external monitor to it and the display works. I couldn’t figure out if it was the back light, LCD, or inverter. I’ve shinned a flashlight on the LCD and cannot see anything. Though when I dim the lights, I see the LCD lite up. [...]

Laptop shows strange horizontal and angular lines and dots on the screen

My Dell laptop has been giving me these strange horizontal and angular lines and dots on my screen with different characters on the text as well. Tried reloading fresh windows and drivers but still the same.
If reinstalling the operating system doesn’t help, it’s definitely a hardware related failure.
First of all, test your laptop with video [...]

LCD screen in Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop has horizontal lines and goes blank

I have Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop for past couple of months my laptop screen is giving me problems. Sometimes my screen would have like horizontal lines and after while screen will get blank but I can still see backlight is on. If i turn it off and turn right back on it will work fine [...]

Laptop has several bright areas or blotches across the screen

About a couple weeks ago I started noticing a screen issue that’s different from anything described on this website. I now see several bright areas or blotches across the screen. One blotch is brighter than the others. Changing the brightness of the screen doesn’t help. The blotches are most noticeable when working an application with [...]

Laptop has colorful horizontal and vertical lines on the screen

The laptop powers up and the screen illumination is ok, but instead of graphics I get horizontal and vertical lines on the screen, they are colorful and bright. Also if connected to external monitor I get a normal display, so I think the graphics chip is ok.. any ideas ?
If the laptop works fine with [...]

Bottom part of the screen either freeze, turn black, or become fuzzy

Recently I have been having problems with the LCD screen. When I turn on my laptop the bottom 1/3 of the screen will either freeze the image, turn black, or become fuzzy and look like a crazy barcode. The mouse pointer disappears when moved into this zone. The top 2/3 of the screen always works [...]