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    What's Gone Wrong With My Display?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by skywalka, Sep 28, 2017.

  1. skywalka

    skywalka Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,

    I turned off my laptop and a few seconds later turned it back on and the display is now messed up.

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    It's affecting the bottom 3/4 and it gets worse from left to right.

    It's affecting the BIOS screen so looks like a hardware problem. The problem goes away then comes back.

    Monitor or video card? Power?

    Thanks.
     
    skywalka, Sep 28, 2017
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  2. Alienware-Wasserman

    Alienware-Wasserman Company Representative

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    If it is also afflicting the BIOS screen then it looks like a hardware problem. The easiest way to check if it is the video card would be connecting it to an external display.
    I'm bending more towards an LCD issue.
     
    Alienware-Wasserman, Sep 29, 2017
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  3. ll_r1d0_ll

    ll_r1d0_ll Notebook Evangelist

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    looks like LVDS cable issue to me
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Oct 2, 2017
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  4. skywalka

    skywalka Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for the advice. I plugged it into my TV via HDMI and duplicated the screen. The picture on my TV was fine. I guess that means it’s a screen problem.
    Thanks for the tip. Can you give me any more information? Is this easy to fix?
     
    skywalka, Jan 29, 2018
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  5. ll_r1d0_ll

    ll_r1d0_ll Notebook Evangelist

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    well yeah it is not that much hard to fix it if it is surely an LVDS cable issue..all you have to do is take your lcd apart and remove the cable from the back of your LCD panel and from the motherboard connector and replace it in the same way like your removed the old one
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Jan 31, 2018
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  6. skywalka

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    skywalka, Jul 20, 2018
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  7. M18x-oldie

    M18x-oldie Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes correct.
     
    M18x-oldie, Jul 23, 2018
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    skywalka Notebook Guru

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    Thanks guys.

    I was going to try replacing the cable but while searching for one I stumbled across this cheap monitor. Replaced it and it’s good as new.

    http://s.aliexpress.com/UR3222ue
     
    skywalka, Aug 25, 2018
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