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LCD has trouble displayingI'black, blue lines instead

post #1 of 6
3/18/09 at 11:25pm
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I have an Asus Z71V, and for awhile now it has been having difficulty displaying black and other dark colors. Instead, where dark areas should be, there are flickering vertical blue lines. It's the worst when I first boot up. Sometimes a couple of lines will stay on the far left when the other ones fade out. Other times the blue lines will go away completely, then they'll suddenly appear again later.

Occasionally I'm able to make them disappear by tilting the laptop up about an inch off the table and dropping it. Not the best solution, but it does work sometimes.

I replaced the LCD yesterday, and everything appeared OK. Then when I turned it on today, the dreaded blue lines had appeared again. Wonderful.

I searched around to see if anyone else had encountered this problem before, and couldn't find anything. The closest I found was someone with green lines, and the only solution suggested was to switch to a specific linux distro that I've never heard of. I'd really like to keep my Ubuntu and XP dual boot setup...there's gotta be a better way to fix it than changing OS's.

Any ideas? Has anyone ever encountered this before? Should I try replacing the graphics card? Buying a new computer is not really an option financially.

Thanks!
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post #2 of 6
3/18/09 at 11:53pm
I'm at least 90% sure it's the graphics card. You should call Asus or your reseller for a replacement one.
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post #3 of 6
3/21/09 at 5:04pm
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That's the Nvidia GeForce Go 6600, right? I did a bit of searching for it, and it seems hard to come by (at least online). Do I need to find that exact graphics card, or is it possible to use a different kind? If a different one will suffice, what are the important specs I should look for? I don't know much about hardware as far as selecting pieces that will work with a particular machine, but I'm savvy enough to do the actual replacing once I get the right component.
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post #4 of 6
3/27/09 at 1:54pm
yup, that's the one. The card is made by Asus specifically for the Z71V, so you'll need to contact them to get a new one (it will probably cost around $200).
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post #5 of 6
2/19/10 at 7:18pm
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Problem Solved

Just thought I'd post an update: I simply removed and re-inserted the video card, and the blue lines are gone. Wish I'd tried that earlier.
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post #6 of 6
2/19/10 at 7:39pm
Nice going. Thanks for the feedback

cheers ...
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