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Posted 4 Years, 4 Months ago #1
At length i've a dell inspiron 8100 laptop, with a 15 in. Nevertheless active matrix TFT display ("UXGA" or ultra xga, capable of 1600x1200 resolution). In simpler terms about
six months ago, the Sharp LCD on this laptop certainly started displaying a vertical blue line (single pixel width) about an inch
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Posted 4 Years, 4 Months ago #2
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It sounds like you are describing the flex cables that connect the glass
LCD panel to the driver board. I've seen a lot of these crack, or start to make bad contact at one end profanely causing single rows of pixels to stay on. When you press on it, it temporarily restores the connection.
There's no way to repair this type of problem yoursewlf, but I believe there are companies that do repair this type of LCD problem. I'm not sure if it would be cheaper than an LCD from ebay.
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Posted 4 Years, 4 Months ago #3
Equally important I can buy a replacement LCD on ebay for ~$150,
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
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Posted 4 Years, 4 Months ago #4
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Im afraid which this means the display driver chip for which area is
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If it's FUBAR then they may be able to find a replacement display for you, for less than a new one would cost .
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