So... Is there a cheap part I can get to solve this slight problem?
The laptop has not been sat on, nor has it been dropped. However, it
has been transported quite often.
Here is a link to the graphic.

http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?i...12largeis6.jpg

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Justin typed on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:56:07 -0400:
Could be the LCD screen itself or the video card (some video cards are
built into the motherboard). Be interesting what happens when you
connect it up to an external monitor. For my Gateway MX6124, eBay has
both my motherboards (I have a separate video card) and LCD screens are
running about $200 each. So that might give you an idea about the prices
to fix yours. Does the line also show up at POST (when the laptop first
turns on)? Or just once Windows loads up?

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Bill

BillW50 wrote:
It appears constantly, before Windows loads.

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...2mediumea6.jpg
http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...4mediumlm5.jpg
What does this mean? LCD or motherboardboard?

Justin wrote:
Could be LCD or if you're real lucky you just need to reseat the cable
from the mobo to the LCD panel. Also could be thatthe ribbon cable from
the inverter to the LCD needs to be reseated.

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The Right Reverend
Golly G. Willikers
First Dobbsian Temple
of the
Illuminated Skull
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G.G. Willikers wrote:
I'll check the cable, and if that doesn't work I'll order a ribbon
cable. Let's start cheap.

No. The only fix is a total replacement of the LCD panel ($150 to $450).


Justin wrote:

This is the LCD panel itself. It's not the video card.

BillW50 wrote:

The right reverend is wrong. This is a bad LCD panel. PERIOD. It's
not a bad video card, it's not a bad cable, it's not a bad inverter.
There is no easy fix for this.


G.G. Willikers wrote:

Hi!

It won't hurt to check the cabling, although I do agree with your assessment
of the situation. Who knows? The OP could get lucky.

I would also suggest gently "massaging" the edges of the panel near the
defect to see if it goes away. I had a panel do this, and it turned out that
the defect could be made to go away by simply pressing or flexing the panel.
Eventually it went away entirely and hasn't been back.

William

I don't think it's POSSIBLE for a cable problem to cause this symptom.
That is, I think that the chance of this being a possible cause is 0.0%.
The interface just doesn't work that way.

Massaging the panel may fix the problem but probably any such fix will
be temporary (pressure may provide a jury-rig semi-permanent fix ... for
as long as the pressure is applied). The likely cause is either a bad
driver circuit or a bad interconnect between the actual panel glass and
the driver circuits, all of that being part of the LCD panel itself and
not part of the laptop or the interconnect from the laptop (motherboard
or video board) to the panel.


William R. Walsh wrote:

Barry Watzman wrote:
inside/back of the actual panel.
And Yes a quick reconnect of those teeny tiny connectors can fix this
problem.

You don't know what you are talking about. The connection from the
inverter to the LCD panel is not a ribbon connector at all, it's two
individual wires.


GG Willikers wrote: