"Short" in Display Panel - M6-1035dx - is it fatal?

Gang - I have a new-to-me M6-1035dx, the second one of these I've worked on, which I had intended to refurb and sell. It is gorgeous except for one issue: while running/displaying, if the laptop is jolted the screen blanks for an instant, resyncs, then OK. It seems to be emanating from the upper left outside edge of the panel - I can reproduce the short by thumping it right there - it will blank out about 1/3 times. the issue does not occur simply on moving it on the hinges, open/close, all that. seems to be on the edge or just around the rear of that upper left quadrant.

I see from other notes that these are notoriously hard for Display panel replacement.... Just wondering if the clock is ticking on this one going dark

 

Hmm.. I googled the pictures with that model number and at least those don't have any edge-to-edge glass screens? There's the mesh part on the bottom of the screen though, as far as I know it won't survive when you open the display so you need to buy that one anyways. So you could open it and replace the panel but it won't look pretty afterwards.

 

that's more/less what I've read elsewhere.
here in the past someone showed pictures of what he ran into trying to R&R the display [to upgrade] and it was daunting. there's just no headroom any which way, and the panel is literally taped into position.

at any rate, the bigger question to me is: will that fault get worse rapidly or could it go for years?
I think the answer is "yeah, sorta, whatever"... depends on how its handled?
I guess a cadaver that has a good panel could be used - take it from the hinges up and replace