mkblade
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| posted on 15/6/08 at 11:15 PM |
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laptop screen faulty
hi all
i am tring to fix my mums laptop with not much succsess basically she used it yesterday used it again later in the evening and she just gets multi
colured lines all over the screen,she took it to a shop down the road didnt even look at it told her the mother board has had it..
if pluged in a old monitor to the port on the side of computer and it works fine so would it be a new screen or maybe bad connection .
3 year old toshiba laptop
thanks simon
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Hellfire
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| posted on 15/6/08 at 11:19 PM |
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Obviously - check the connections first. While you're in there, give it a good clean. I doubt it's the screen if you're seeing
lines... maybe the output on the graphics card which goes direct to the VDU, there is usually a different output for external screens. If this is the
case your shop may be right... new MB
Steve
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Dale
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| posted on 16/6/08 at 01:00 AM |
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lines all over the screen will most likely be the multi connector going into the screen or at the mother board. Even the chance that it could be the
cable that goes in between.
In all the laptops I have had to fix my first bet would be the connector at the screen or the screen itself at the connector ( the screen probably has
the connector permanantly attached to it. If its off warrenty your likely looking at a new laptop as it will not be worth the repair price unless
you can get a used screen.
Dale
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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zetec
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| posted on 16/6/08 at 07:25 AM |
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I broke my screen and got a s/h Tosh screen for £80 and takes about 5 mins to fit. Found a laptop breakers in Watford, he does really good deals on
laptops. mostly returns from big places like PC World which he fixes and sells on.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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mad4x4
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| posted on 16/6/08 at 07:32 AM |
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Could be the ribbon cable thaat goes through the Hinge is damaged - anyway will need to be re-seated or replaced. or it is the screen
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 16/6/08 at 10:08 AM |
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^^^^^ My money would be on the ribbon cable which hinges, the more you open and shut it the shorter its life. I've replaced it on Thinkpads for
not much £££, no idea about the Tosh though.
Try the machine with the lid at different angles, sometimes it causes a connection to be made....
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jonno
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| posted on 16/6/08 at 06:19 PM |
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If its a Qosmio F10 then its a motherboard fault, its was a known fault with them 
having fun on a budget 
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