Could please give the forum members a little more info as in the model of Inspiron that you have also any additional symptoms as in any LED's that are coming on, any activity etc...so that we may help you.
Thanks,
Message Edited by DELL-MikeB on 08-06-2004 08:24 AM
I have a Inspiron 4000 notebook. I flew from phx yesterday to ind. I went thru xray and boarded. The screen came up no problem. I turned off the notebook and when I returned to Ind and turned on my notebook the screen had many lines in it. My brother said to turn off and try in morning. I did, screen seemed to come on fine except for the redness that preceeded the login screen. Everything else seemed normal except just 10 minutes into viewing photes from a folder and enhancing them, the screen backround turned again red and the samething was seen from last nite, mostly no printed lines, not able to make out login or move mouse anywhere...
Red tinged screen is usually a sign of inverter/backlight failure. May or may not have anything to do with the flight. If it was bumped or jolted too hard, backlight can be damaged. Try on external monitor and see if all is well, then you will know it is your display and time for some shopping. Good luck.
I was just wondering also. I have an Inspiron 4150. The LCD screen has a set of light green "barcode like" 1/4" lines in the upper right hand side of screen. It is most noticable in MS Internet Explorer. I have also noticed the wallpaper has "lava lamp" type distorted movements in several areas. The 4150 is 1 year and 4 months old. This all begain suddenly after I had taken a flight and returned. I carried the Laptop with me. I t might be my imagination but the video replays do not seem as clear. I have BIOS and drivers all updated.
I let the laptop sit for a couple weeks. I hooked to a desktop monitor and low and behold, no more problems... so far so good... what I did notice was when I moved the laptop monitor backwards to a 45 degree angle... the screen got googly again.... anybody have any idea what that is?
Other than the laptops monitor getting goofy unless it it directly 90 degrees....seems to not hav that same problem..... just a note,,, I did put into another outlet, could that have been due to a voltage problem too - the screen changing colors and disappearing? (like my original problem?)
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August 6th, 2004 12:00
Hello jorste6,
Welcome to the Dell Community Forum,
Could please give the forum members a little more info as in the model of Inspiron that you have also any additional symptoms as in any LED's that are coming on, any activity etc...so that we may help you.
Thanks,
Message Edited by DELL-MikeB on 08-06-2004 08:24 AM
jorste6
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August 6th, 2004 12:00
I have a Inspiron 4000 notebook. I flew from phx yesterday to ind. I went thru xray and boarded. The screen came up no problem. I turned off the notebook and when I returned to Ind and turned on my notebook the screen had many lines in it. My brother said to turn off and try in morning. I did, screen seemed to come on fine except for the redness that preceeded the login screen. Everything else seemed normal except just 10 minutes into viewing photes from a folder and enhancing them, the screen backround turned again red and the samething was seen from last nite, mostly no printed lines, not able to make out login or move mouse anywhere...
HELP! I need my notebook for work!
Pamela Stephenson
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August 6th, 2004 20:00
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August 28th, 2004 14:00
I was just wondering also. I have an Inspiron 4150. The LCD screen has a set of light green "barcode like" 1/4" lines in the upper right hand side of screen. It is most noticable in MS Internet Explorer. I have also noticed the wallpaper has "lava lamp" type distorted movements in several areas. The 4150 is 1 year and 4 months old. This all begain suddenly after I had taken a flight and returned. I carried the Laptop with me. I t might be my imagination but the video replays do not seem as clear. I have BIOS and drivers all updated.
Anybody else had this problem?
jorste6
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August 30th, 2004 04:00
I let the laptop sit for a couple weeks. I hooked to a desktop monitor and low and behold, no more problems... so far so good... what I did notice was when I moved the laptop monitor backwards to a 45 degree angle... the screen got googly again.... anybody have any idea what that is?
Other than the laptops monitor getting goofy unless it it directly 90 degrees....seems to not hav that same problem..... just a note,,, I did put into another outlet, could that have been due to a voltage problem too - the screen changing colors and disappearing? (like my original problem?)