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    [SOLVED] ASUS Zenbook UX32VD screen suddely turns white (it's a burin-in!)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by prikolchik, Mar 10, 2013.

  1. prikolchik

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    I was installing a new Intel graphics driver from Windows Update and during the installation process the laptop screen turned off and I was unable to bring it back. I had some work to do, so instead of rebooting the laptop I used an external monitor via HDMI for about 10 hours. When I finially rebooted my laptop the screen had a very strong white tint that would be present both in the BIOS and in the system.

    Here is how it looked:
    [​IMG]

    I thought new Intel driver somehow messed up the video BIOS and/or BIOS settings, so I flashed a new BIOS which did not solve the problem.

    However, I noticed that the screen got a bit better
    [​IMG]

    So I booted into Ubuntu and let it run for half an hour on JScreenFix 11hours video and Plasma HDTV Burn-In Clip. I don't think either of the videos were more effective than the other, so you can probably use whichever one you want.

    Here is how the screen looked after 30min of anti-burn-in videos
    [​IMG]

    Clearly, it looks a lot better. I let it run overnight on JScreenFix video and in the morning I was greeted with this:
    [​IMG]

    The highlighted are the burned-in rectangles from the JScreenFix YouTube video (end of the video when it suggests you to watch other videos), and otherwise the screen is perfect!

    I used the computer for the day and all the burin-in disappeared on its own.

    Explanation of what happened
    It seems like Intel video driver update turned off the backlight on the screen (that's why it looked like it was off) while the screen itself was showing a blank white image. That imagine was on the screen for 10+ hours which resulted in an extreme burn-in. After running videos that constantly refresh the screen the burin-in disappeared.