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    Is this screen defective?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Simplified, Mar 29, 2011.

  1. Simplified

    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    Hello,

    I just received my brand new M17x r2 with 900p ccfl screen(because rgb led was not available).

    The problem is as seen in the picture, there is a border at the bottom which is brighter than the rest of the screen. Is this normal? since it is a duel ccfl screen I would expect the top to have the same bright border.
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    thanks in advance
     
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  2. remedy1978

    remedy1978 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope. Your screen is absolutely fine. :D
    That is the backlight bleeding through the bottom of your screen. My Macbook Pro has it, my Envy 14 had it, its normal.
     
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    Thank you very much. + rep for you =)
     
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    It's not broken but not all m17x screens are bleeding!
     
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    This bleeding is very visable even when viewing bright images, is this covered by the warranty since not all m17x has this problem?

    Thanks in advance
     
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    I don't know but i would give Dell a call about it.
    I heard that a few members here had the same "issue" but don't know what they did. I have both the R1 and R2 and there's no bleeding at all.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 29, 2011
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