Problem With Laptop Display

Dazza203Dazza203
edited January 2005 in Hardware
Hi,

I have recently aquired a Dell Latitude Laptop from a friend. It has a Mobile Pentium 3 1.13 GHz Processor, 256 Mb RAM and a nVidia GeForce 2 32 MB Graphics Card. There is a problem with the display on it where I get verticle lines that appear on the display sometimes. They are always there when your turn the laptop on and then they ususally disappear again once it goes into windows. Then at random moments that lines mite appear again. Usually you can try changing the resolution and then on certain resolutions the lines will appear again, then I change the resolution again to make them dissappear again. These lines run vertically right accross the screen they are not just in some places and they are clear. I took it to a shop called maplins and the man there thought it could be the ribbon cable that connects the screen to the the motherboard. When I first started having problems with it the display was blue where it should be black, and now it's changed to this line problem so I'm guessing it's not the screen itself?

Thanks,
Darren

Comments

  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited January 2005
    you're experiencing artifacting. theres something wrong with either your display or your graphics adapter.
  • Dazza203Dazza203
    edited January 2005
    Ok thanks, what do you think it is most likely to be out of those things? If its the display will it mean the whole thing needs replacing?

    Thanks,
    Darren
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited January 2005
    Since this problem you are experiencing is intermittent, you might just be having heat related problems or the screen connector isn't making good dontact. Go to Dell's site and d/l the manual for the model Lattitude you have and first see where the connector for the screen is, then unplug and plug it back a few times. If that doesn't help, then you might try taking the machine apart and seeing if you have a dust buildup around whatever's cooling the graphics chip (might be an aluminum plate under the keyboard) and see if there's a buildup of dust and crap around it. Hope this helps. :)
  • Dazza203Dazza203
    edited January 2005
    Ok I will give that ago, although I'm scared to take it apart myself in case I break something.

    Thanks,
    Darren
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