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    Help Dell 9300 WUXGA screen is loose (wierd, not at hinge)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cavalier, Jul 31, 2006.

  1. cavalier

    cavalier Newbie

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    Hi I have a dell inspiron 9300 laptop with a WUXGA screen.

    I have a strange problem.

    The lower half of the screen cuts out. That is, the top half works fine, but the bottom half is completely different. Its shows a wall of fuzzy light blue color.

    I noticed that if I apply pressure to the screen (approximately half way up on the left side) that the screen fixes and the display is normal. If I remove the pressure the screen gets fuzzy again.

    So right now I have a clamp on the left side of my laptop screen. Obviously this is not a long term solution :)

    Any idea on what the problem is and what I need to do to solve this.
    Thankyou.
     
    cavalier, Jul 31, 2006
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  2. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    that seems to be a light leakage; most commonly found on dell laptop and other laptop that have poor screen design (and there is a lot of them) even the new sony 17" VAIO AR series.
     
    wobble987, Jul 31, 2006
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  3. jellystones

    jellystones Notebook Enthusiast

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    How is that like leakage? The whole bottom half of the screen is fuzzy. It sounds like a problem Dell needs to take care of. Are you still under warranty?
     
    jellystones, Jul 31, 2006
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  4. cavalier

    cavalier Newbie

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    no its not like leakage. The whole bottom of the screen becomes unreadable, its almost like a giant wall of light blue, but as soon as you apply pressure the screen fixes.

    Im no longer under warranty :(
     
    cavalier, Jul 31, 2006
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    how long have you had it for. Might be time for a new laptop
     
    gridtalker, Jul 31, 2006
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