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    M17X R2 possible bad display?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by fright88, Nov 16, 2013.

  1. fright88

    fright88 Notebook Geek

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    The problem I am having is that black colors are showing up with green lines in them.

    The problem started a couple days ago when i powered up the comp and after the windows splash i got red and green colored display. I boot into safe mode and everything came up as normal but when I reboot it still had the same problem. I tapped the back of the display and everything came back up to normal.

    Today when I went to boot up I got the red green screen again. I also noticed some lines on the windows splash screen. And when I tried to boot up into safe mode the screen was pretty lined as well. So i decided to tear it down and check the video card and display cables. After a bit of fiddling I finally got it to boot up and give me a mostly normal display. However black colors have green lines through them and my backround (Standard windows) has some weird texturing. So I thought it might be the video card but when I plug my TV in through the HDMI our everything looks normal.

    So at this point I am thinking it might be the display. I see I can get one on ebay for pretty cheap but wanted to see what the experts thought. If I do buy a new display can I upgrade from the standard display to the hi res version by just buying that display?

    Thanks for any help.
     
    fright88, Nov 16, 2013
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  2. Akimitsui

    Akimitsui Notebook Evangelist

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    From what you said it definitely sounds like a faulty screen, no issues on an external display pretty much confirmed that - also the "wacking the monitor fix" :D.

    You can get the best screen available for the M17X R2, the RGB LED 1200p, from here for $115 USD: Dell Alienware M17x R2 WUXGA LED LCD Screen Complete Top LTN170CT08 J2CY8 9PHFF | eBay

    At this point, I highly recommend you get this screen and not anything of lesser quality; I have recently bought one too for an upgrade on my M17X R1.
     
    Akimitsui, Nov 16, 2013
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You have a bad LCD, and yes you can just buy the RGBLED WUXGA unit and swap it in.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 17, 2013
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  4. maxslo

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    Just to be sure :), wich GPU do you have? And can you post a picture how the defect looks like?
     
    maxslo, Nov 18, 2013
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  5. Trome71

    Trome71 Notebook Deity

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    For your running-man setup :D
     
    Trome71, Nov 18, 2013
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  6. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    It does seem like a bad LCD. If you can't get parts online try calling 1-800-WWW-DELL. They may be able to help with that part.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 18, 2013
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