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Posted on Aug 18, 2008

Vertical lines in my laptop screen

Hello! I've been using my Compaq Presario (M2223AP) Laptop for 2 years now, then all of a sudden I saw 2 vertical lines on the screen. 1 line is a clear red line (but not so thick & dark) located about 1/3 from the left of the screen while the other is a very faint (thin, almost transparent) line located about 1/5 from the right of the screen. I think it might be a monitor problem. I'm not very good in fixing computers so I have not done anything about it yet. I'd appreciate your help very much. Thanks! I have vertical blue and green lines on the edge of my screen please help me fixing it colored vertical lines on screen

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  • tonymanley Sep 15, 2008

    We have two of these Acer 9500 laptops i our Office. Both are getting a new vertical line every two weeks. Seems to be a design fault as I see others get it too.

    No Horizontal lines so cannot place tic-tac-toe!!!


  • Anonymous Dec 17, 2008

    I have the same problem. it's associated with the screen being a little loose on the hinges. If I could tighten the hinges I think it would fix it. I can twist the screen slightly and the lines go away, but when I let go, they return immediately. Gotta Be a problem with the connection through the hinge assembly.

  • robsmith195 Mar 22, 2009

    compaq presario v6000 laptop18 months old with both vertical and horizontal lines that disappear when you twist the screen slightly.

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I had the same problem - sent it in to Acer and they replaced the LCD for 500 bucks!

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Vertical lines in my laptop screen

Have you tried hooking it up to an external monitor?
This would ensure that it's the screen and not the video card..
If you do that and you receive a good picture then it could be something as simple as a loose video cable. Or it could also mean something like a bad video card or the expensive one, a bad screen.
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Vertical lines in my laptop screen

I know not everyone has this ability, but if you can, go to a friend's house and hook up an external monitor to your laptop. You may need to use the function keys to switch from LCD to external, but if the lines go away on the external, you have a bad LCD. If the line shows up still on the external, then your problem is either:

a) video driver (free, easy fix)
b) bad inverter (video 'outputter') ...approximately $10-50/varies + labor costs to replace
c) bad video card/motherboard ...usually between $200-$400 + labor to replace

Hope this helps - please be sure to rate my answer :)
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Vertical lines in my laptop screen

the lcd (liquid crystal display) is damaged at this time, nor the inverter, that is of course inside of your pc, im afraid you need to send this to a repair shop

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Vertical lines in my laptop screen

if this line is there during boot up then it is a monitor problem usually. but if it is not then it is a problem with your windows files. you could try reinstalling your windows from the disks you were given with it? otherwise i will look into it. email me if you need more help. [email protected]
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My understanding is that you have 2 laptops with the same problem, if that is the case, you need to replace the lcd. When you have lines on lcd's, that is a sign of a bad lcd.
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Vertical lines in my laptop screen

There can be 3 possible reasons for this
1)Screen connector cable is loose. You can try to re-seat it and see if works.
2)display card problem. Connect your laptop to an external monitor and see if the problem persists. If it does not then
3)You will need to get a replacement LCD screen.
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Hi,
what i recommend you to test is to press behind your monitor and see that the line goes off or not.If it does..that mean you have a loose connection,it can be fix.Incase no then you have problem with your LCD.Normally if its LCD problem then you fix this problem,all you have to do is change the LCD.
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thats monitor problem dude, better go to the nearest repair center of your toshiba to assist you bout this problem.
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Check it on External monitor prior to replacing the screen.. If the problems there as well its not the screen..
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you could try and download a new display driver from here http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=mx&lc=en&dlc=es&product=499234 if that dosent help Id imagine it is the screen that is at fault.
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