Thin lines across laptop screen

[swee'pea99]

Anyone else had/solved this?

It's been happening for quite a while - one thin line running horizontally, roundabout the middle of the screen, right across. For months, you could get rid of it by using your thumbs to distort the frame at the edges of the screen slightly - the line would just disappear and that would be that.

More recently, this fix has become less effective...it either doesn't work, or it's temporary - within anything from seconds to a minute or two, the line - or, now, lines (there are sometimes two) return. Anyone had this happen? Sorted it?

I've been googling 'replacing laptop screen', but it all looks a bit daunting.

Suggestions much appreciated.

 

[scook94]

It does sound like a faulty LCD panel. What make is it?

 

[swee'pea99]

The laptop's an HP/Compaq nx6325...about two years old I guess.

 

[scook94]

Ah ok. Had it been a Dell I could probably have sent you the service manual. Can't help with an HP.

 

[swee'pea99]

Well thanks for the thought anyway - appreciated.

 

[Bman]

Its going to be a loose connection somewhere in the screen. Your brute force trick will work in the short term, but not for long. Soon that fix will require more and more force/manipulation. In the long term you could be making more connections loose, shortening its life even further.

In this situation I usually use the same fix . The old "whack the tv if it wont turn on" trick works. But its not going to last long. Seek a replacement if you dont want to be without it

I would expect a laptop screen to last longer than two years. Was it treated well?

 

[swee'pea99]

I doubt it! Both my daughters use it!

 

[Crackle]

HP. Can you still buy a carepack for it, £100ish. Wait a few months and ring it in. Might not be able to now but worth finding out about. A new screen will cost more fitted.

 

[Bman]

I see

I reccommend a desktop with a cheap keyboard, monitor and mouse. Protect the base unit and replace failures as they happen.

I know what kids are like.

 

[scook94]

LCD panels are pretty much an enclosed unit, there is a flat cable running from the output of the video card on the motherboard up to a ziff connector on the panel itself. There will be no loose connection you can reseat. I'd guess it's most likely it's an issue with the solder connection on one of the transistors that "fire" that line on the screen. Not something you'll be asble to repair yourself.

 

[swee'pea99]

Just how difficult *is* it to replace a screen?

 

[Bman]

Its not that difficult really. Defiantly possible. But you would need to find the exact same part to replace the dead one with. Thats the difficult bit. You cant just find an LCD screen from any old laptop and swap them over. You need one that is designed to fit that particular laptop.

 

[scook94]

The difficult bit (once you've got the right part) is usually taking the bezel off, especially if it's never been done before. You've got to figure out whether the edge needs pushing inwards or outwards to release the "clip".

Of course you may be lucky enough to find a replacement with front and back bezels already attached, it's a breeze to replace one of those.