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    Black scary line on screen

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kriskiran, Mar 4, 2012.

  1. kriskiran

    kriskiran Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a dell xps L501x. last night i saw a black line which was like, 1 cm long on the bottom right corner. i switched off and now when i look at it, its like two inches and dirty and thick. what is the cause, i use my laptop very gently, no rough uses. this xps has only given me worries. any suggestions on this? i would like to attach a pic, but i dont know what to do when it asks the url of my pic, cant i just upload from my laptop? please help.
     
  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Upload the image to imageshack.us or similar site and link it back here.
     
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    kriskiran Notebook Enthusiast

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    Call Dell, you can't make that go away.