Hi there,
I have a big issue with my girlfriend's Inspiron 8600 and I hope someone can help. Basically, the screen suddenly stopped working. It was grey with the occasional vertical streak of a darker grey. The VGA output of the notebook worked fine.
So I replaced the entire screen (going from WXGA to WSXGA into the bargain) thinking that it was a screen issue.
The new screen does much the same thing, only it varies between purple and turquoise.
Has any one seen this issue before? I can only assume now that the fault lies with one of the following:
1. Cable from the graphics card to the input on the screen.
2. Graphics card's digital output has died (although as I said the VGA output is fine)
If any one has seen a similar fault and can explain what might be wrong, please post here.
I have a big issue with my girlfriend's Inspiron 8600 and I hope someone can help. Basically, the screen suddenly stopped working. It was grey with the occasional vertical streak of a darker grey. The VGA output of the notebook worked fine.
So I replaced the entire screen (going from WXGA to WSXGA into the bargain) thinking that it was a screen issue.
The new screen does much the same thing, only it varies between purple and turquoise.
Has any one seen this issue before? I can only assume now that the fault lies with one of the following:
1. Cable from the graphics card to the input on the screen.
2. Graphics card's digital output has died (although as I said the VGA output is fine)
If any one has seen a similar fault and can explain what might be wrong, please post here.
