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    Pink Screen???

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jay1989, Jan 19, 2009.

  1. jay1989

    jay1989 Newbie

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    Hi,

    has anyone ever experienced a pink laptop screen before? My case is this: what is supposed to be white is now pink e.g. the white page in Microsoft Word is now entirely pink, the white background of google is now entirely pink. I've ran my anti-virus scan and couldn't find anything wrong. I've looked on the net and I've found information regarding similar problems having to do with video cards. When I run a program like VAIO Recovery Centre as usual the box saying "A program needs your permission to continue" comes up. As it comes up everything in the background returns to normal (no more pink, except for within box itself), but I can see green lines across the screen. Any help would be great.

    My laptop is a Sony VGN-NR32M which I brought back in August.

    Thanks
    Jay
     
    jay1989, Jan 19, 2009
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  2. potentv

    potentv Notebook Evangelist

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    is it coming out of the closet?
    j/k...
    Ive heard pink is usually a sign of a bad gpu
     
    potentv, Jan 19, 2009
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  3. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    I sounds like a bad gpu.
     
    Clutch, Jan 19, 2009
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    robf23 Notebook Guru

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    possibly a bad monitor profile...
     
    robf23, Jan 19, 2009
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  5. Garmin

    Garmin Notebook Evangelist

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    I think itsyour monitor, cause thatt happened to me and still happening but i fix it somewhat. It probably the cable on your monitor, try wiggling the wire around to a point where it turns back to normal color.

    OH NVM, its laptop, didnt finish reading.
     
    Garmin, Jan 19, 2009
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  6. williamd

    williamd Notebook Geek

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    its the ccfl or the inverter. had it happen to my hp . changed out the backlight .still the same changed out the inverter good to go . kinda hard but i did it .wouldnt do it again . the backlight is about 15.00 the inverter is about sixty . heres a link if you want to takle . http://www.lcdparts.net/Default.aspx. good luck they charge about 150.oo to 200.00 to do it for you . parts included.
     
    williamd, Jan 19, 2009
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