Whole line bad on Lappy Screen !

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 3:34 pm

Anyone heard of this?
I was working on my laptop (it is 3 years old) and all of a sudden, a whole vertical line went bad. I mean like a dead pixel, but one whole line. It is bad in BIOS and windows, so I believe it is hardware.
I have heard of pixels going bad, but a whole vertical line of pixels!??!?!?

could it be fixable?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 8:36 pm

You probably lost a driver transistor for a whole column. Sorry, 'fraid it's not fixable

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 9:28 pm

Thats what I was afraid of...
I have seen dead pixels...just not a whole row

CRUD

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:21 pm

Question: If I were to replace the screen would that fix it? or are the Transistors you talk about on the mobo?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:49 pm

It's in the screen. Replacing the screen will fix it.

CaterpillarAssassin · Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:42 pm

prolly be cheaper to just buy a new lappy then to replace the screen, though.

honz · Post by **honz** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:55 pm

i would guess so.
i broke the screen on my solo 5300, and it was gonna be like 2-300 to fix it. that was 6 mos ago, but still...