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Horizontal line on monitor

I have a 1/4 inch wide colored line at the top of my laptop monitor. It changes colors with the screen, but I can't see mu cursor or top windows options. Can anybody help?

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You need a new flex cable, it connects your screen to your pc's motherboard. You can get one here: http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=307&prevaction=category&previd=141&prevstart=0

Posted on Aug 07, 2007

Anonymous Aug 07, 2007

Or this one:
http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?ac...

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