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    Screen, Motherboard or connections

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by naton, Apr 30, 2007.

  1. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi

    What cause is the vertical line on the screen?


    Thanks
    p.s. How to unload pictures used in old threads?
     
    naton, Apr 30, 2007
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  2. Lt.Glare

    Lt.Glare Notebook Evangelist

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    I would guess one of the vertical connectors is not connected properly.

    usually at the bottom of the screen is a large row of small wires that send a display signal to the entire row of pixels above it. It looks like in your picture that the line is only one row of pixels, so therefore only one wire. I would not recommend attempting to fix this yourself. The wires are most likely very small, and probably covered with plastic. Even if you got a very small soldering iron, you would probably solder more than one wire to each other, no matter how ninja like your soldering skills are.

    To everyone reading this, please let me know if I'm wrong :D

    You would have to get it fixed or replaced by dell.
     
    Lt.Glare, Apr 30, 2007
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  3. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    does this problem shorten the life of the LCD?
     
    naton, May 1, 2007
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