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small series of vertical lines

Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jeech, Jun 17, 2009.

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Hey guys, I have vertical lines on my m1330 but not the same kind that I keep finding in my searches. My computer doesn't crash, it just has a few lines up and down the screen when I boot and they stay there.

A bit of history, the computer was dropped by the previous owner (one of my coworkers) and the screen was broken so I bought a replacement LCD for it and swapped it out. Worked great for two weeks until I got the lines. Its still functional, the lines are just annoying and I'm worried about a burn in. I tried taking the screen apart again and checking my connections but the lines are still there.

Any ideas?

jeech, Jun 17, 2009

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Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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If the lines aren't present on an external display, you most likely have a bad screen (and/or connection; but since you tested this already...). If they are present on the external display, you may have a failing GPU.

Since you aren't getting crashes or any real artifacts, I'd put my vote on the former.

Commander Wolf, Jun 17, 2009

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had that on a old led studio xps scren, dell said it was a bad screen.

owais, Jun 17, 2009

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