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    Problem with LCD / Flat or Vga?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by flaviomaielo, Nov 24, 2010.

  1. flaviomaielo

    flaviomaielo Newbie

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    My sony vaio, this presents the problem on the screen, as shown in the picture link below:

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    It will be a problem of Flat, Iverter, LCD or VGA?

    Sometimes when I open and close the LCD the image back to normal for a few seconds.

    Thanks for all answers!
     
    flaviomaielo, Nov 24, 2010
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  2. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    If the image goes back to normal temporarily when you open and close the lid, I'd suspect pinched cable, i.e. the cable from your graphics card to the LCD is getting pinched or frayed and the signal is being lost through the cable.
     
    Judicator, Nov 24, 2010
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Was it always like that? Or the problem get worse after dropping it?

    I would check out a pinched cable. After that inverter than LCD
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 24, 2010
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yep, sounds like a cable/connector issue.
     
    Trottel, Nov 24, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    what graphics card does this system have? also, is the problem occurring on the external LCD connected through vga, hdmi, dvi, etc?

    If you have a problem with the inverter card, then you would get no backlight.

    This scrambled image means there is either a problem with the cable, or the controller circuit of the LCD itself, or GPU.

    I recently replaced my X60 thinkpad's LCD, because it had the same problem with the LCD, the external image through the vga port was fine.

    So test the system with an external LCD if you can.
     
    lead_org, Nov 25, 2010
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