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    Defective screen or problem elsewhere!?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Gracy123, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    A friend of mine just had her screen replaced with a second-hand one. The first one had a defective lamp, the "new" one looks like this:

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    Is the problem the screen itself or could it be something else?

    * We tried 2 different cables - same result with both
    * She gets normal image on external display
     
    Gracy123, Mar 7, 2011
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  2. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Wouldn't it be the opposite? If the laptop screen is borked, but not an external device, that means the GPU is rendering correctly but something is getting fudged on the screen's end.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Mar 7, 2011
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  3. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    I vote for defective screen or connector on the screen, or possibly a cable crimp. Could you try putting in the old screen with the new CCFL bulb?
     
    Judicator, Mar 7, 2011
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    That is 99.9% of the time a defective screen. Only very few times has it been a cable. It ALSO could be the motherboard connector that is borked, and not the GPU.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 7, 2011
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  5. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    that's a defective screen.
     
    naton, Mar 8, 2011
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  6. h0bbes

    h0bbes Notebook Geek

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    if the image is normal on the external display that suggests that it is not the GPU
     
    h0bbes, Mar 8, 2011
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  7. Zeptinune

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    Looks like the screen is defective :( how unfortunate. Send it back and get another one.
     
    Zeptinune, Mar 8, 2011
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  8. Ayle

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    That's definitively a bad screen, either the lvds connector is borked or the controller board is defective. Unfortunately that is not something you can fix yourself.
     
    Ayle, Mar 8, 2011
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