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    Screen has horizontal split and grayed out

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by colinzeal109, Dec 6, 2010.

  1. colinzeal109

    colinzeal109 Newbie

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    I have a Gateway P6860FX with a screen that shows the desktop in a split screen mode and it has a gray tint. I bought a new screen and replaced it but it didn't help. What else could cause the screen to do this? Inverter? Graphics card?

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    colinzeal109, Dec 6, 2010
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    I have seen this happen where the video driver was set to the wrong resolution and/or refresh rate...............
     
    TANWare, Dec 7, 2010
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    samduhman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey my 6860 started that today. I haven't made any changes or driver updates.

    Did you find the fix?

    I'll check out TANwares response in the meantime.
     
    samduhman, Jan 10, 2011
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    samduhman Notebook Enthusiast

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    update

    Its not the driver since its like this as soon as it boots. So I'm thinking either the screen or video adapter is bad. I hooked up an external monitor and I can't switch to it. So I'm thinking the adapter is bad?

    Any ideas on confirming? Is the video adapter replaceable?
     
    samduhman, Jan 10, 2011
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    If it does this at boot, ie bios level screen, then there are definate other issues. Unfortunately the video card itself is not replacable.............
     
    TANWare, Jan 12, 2011
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