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    Y470 Intermittent Pink Lines/Dots

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by astor, Jan 26, 2012.

  1. astor

    astor Notebook Guru

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    I purchased my Y470 back in August of last year but only recently I've noticed some pink splotches appearing randomly in grayish/blueish parts of the screen. Here's one recently while playing L4D2
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    I guess the only course of action for this is to replace the screen?
     
    astor, Jan 26, 2012
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Have you updated your video drivers? Does it happen on an external monitor?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 26, 2012
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    Ah..yes..spoiler..thanks :)

    It works fine on an external monitor and the video drivers are up to date. It could be a loose connection?
     
    astor, Jan 26, 2012
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    I honestly doubt it, with artifacts like that on the internal LCD, it more than likely is a bad LCD, rare chance it could be a bad LVDS cable, you won't be able to rule anything out without replacing one or the other.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 27, 2012
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