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February 16th, 2013 07:00

Black Vertical Line on Screen

My Dell laptop has a black vertical band that is about 1 inch wide that appears and then disappears near the start button area.  It blacks out the left side of screen.

Please advise.

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February 16th, 2013 07:00

Attach an external monitor -- if the fault doesn't show, it's the display panel that's bad - you'll need a new one.

If it does show externally, you have a bad video chip or card - replace the mainboard or video card, whichever your system has.

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February 16th, 2013 07:00

Thank you!

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October 3rd, 2015 06:00

where do you attach an external monitor on a laptop?

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October 3rd, 2015 22:00

Hi shugedge,

You will find VGA port or DP port on the laptop. Wherein you can use it connect an external display. Please reply us with the system model so that I can check and advise you.

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