Please Help! A single vertical line on my ... ... It is so weird. Today when I start of my i9300, I got this single thin green vertical line on the right side ...

CalmOcean · 10-31-2005, 08:21 AM

It is so weird. Today when I start of my i9300, I got this single thin green vertical line on the right side of my laptop screen... I tried restarting thinking that it might because of some apps running behind... but to my surprise, it shows the same vertical line when it starts too... I tried changing the resolution, but still it won't go away....

guys, if anyone of you have encountered this problem, please help me out...

thnks

aznduk · 10-31-2005, 08:44 AM

call dell lol?

Gold Beater · 10-31-2005, 08:47 AM

My guess is that this is a hardware problem, and not a software problem.
Could be a bad contact in the ribbon that connects the LCD to the motherboard, or it could be something on the screen itself.
Try tilting the screen all the way back and see if it disappears.
Unfortunately it's not likely to stay fixed if it happens to fix itself.

|-007-| · 10-31-2005, 05:04 PM

My friend had a vertical line appear when his GPU/LCD screen hit a certain temperature. The vertical line did NOT appear on the CRT monitor we hooked his laptop up to, so that pretty much narrowed it down to the LCD. He had Dell send him a new screen and his replacement screen doesn't have any issues.

Radiation · 10-31-2005, 05:06 PM

Ya definatly hook that thing up to an external monitor, that should narrow it down quick... Then just call DELL, they are usually good about replacing things (although you might be on the phone for an hour troubleshooting with them)

Jericho · 10-31-2005, 05:44 PM

It's a faulty transistor. Happened to me once. The lcd needs to be replaced.

mmzmaster · 10-31-2005, 06:38 PM

I have a pixel dimmed not completely dead yet. I magnified it with my magnifyer (on hand). The pixel was half dead and half-alive (dimmed).

10-31-2005, 08:21 AM	#1
CalmOcean Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80 Credits: -323	Please Help! A single vertical line on my screen out of nowhere It is so weird. Today when I start of my i9300, I got this single thin green vertical line on the right side of my laptop screen... I tried restarting thinking that it might because of some apps running behind... but to my surprise, it shows the same vertical line when it starts too... I tried changing the resolution, but still it won't go away.... guys, if anyone of you have encountered this problem, please help me out... thnks __________________ Desktop Replacement & Gaming - Inspiron 9300 2.0 Ghz, 1 GB 533 Mhz, 60 Gb 7200 rpm, UXGA (1920x1200), 256 MB 6800go, DVD-/+ RW, Bluetooth, 2915 wifi, 9-cell Ultraportable & mobile- Inspiron 700m 2.0 Ghz, 1 GB 400 Mhz, 80 GB 5400rpm, DVD-/+RW, 2200 wi-fi, 2 8-Cell battery Thin-and - Light & Obsolete - Inspiron 600m 1.5 Ghz, 512 MB, 60 GB 4200 rpm, 14.1 XGA, DVD +RW, 6-cell

10-31-2005, 05:04 PM	#4
\|-007-\| Minor computer demigod. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Coast. Posts: 1,495 Credits: 2,712	My friend had a vertical line appear when his GPU/LCD screen hit a certain temperature. The vertical line did NOT appear on the CRT monitor we hooked his laptop up to, so that pretty much narrowed it down to the LCD. He had Dell send him a new screen and his replacement screen doesn't have any issues. __________________ m1730 Playing: Tribes 1 & 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Fallout 3, Fallen Empires: Legions

10-31-2005, 06:38 PM	#7
mmzmaster Teehee! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 974 Credits: 548	I have a pixel dimmed not completely dead yet. I magnified it with my magnifyer (on hand). The pixel was half dead and half-alive (dimmed). __________________ HP HDX 16 Centrino 2 Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz 1066Mhz FSB \| 4GB DDR2 2xDimm RAM 800Mhz \| 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT \| 320GB HDD \| Vista Home Premium 64Bits Inspiron 9300 Centrino PM735 1.7GHz 400Mhz @ 2.26GHz 533Mhz Pinmodded \| 2GB DDR2 RAM2xDimm 256MB Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 OC @ Core: 390MHz / Mem: 750MHz GDDR \| 120GB HDD \| Windows 7 RC1 32bits \| Note: GF Go 6800 is busted, now installed with a used ATI X300.

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10-31-2005, 08:44 AM	#2
aznduk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 294 Credits: -263	call dell lol?

10-31-2005, 08:47 AM	#3
Gold Beater Adios! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere else. Posts: 837 Credits: 0	My guess is that this is a hardware problem, and not a software problem. Could be a bad contact in the ribbon that connects the LCD to the motherboard, or it could be something on the screen itself. Try tilting the screen all the way back and see if it disappears. Unfortunately it's not likely to stay fixed if it happens to fix itself.

10-31-2005, 05:06 PM	#5
Radiation -MillcreekMafia- Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 548 Credits: -200	Ya definatly hook that thing up to an external monitor, that should narrow it down quick... Then just call DELL, they are usually good about replacing things (although you might be on the phone for an hour troubleshooting with them)

10-31-2005, 05:44 PM	#6
Jericho Adios! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Baytown, Tx. Posts: 6,374 Credits: 0	It's a faulty transistor. Happened to me once. The lcd needs to be replaced.