Green Horizontal lines on my screen

Question

Hi all

I have recently been given an Inspiron 800, p3 750mhz, 192mb ram, xp pro. Sadly there are constantly 2 solid green lines running through the centre of the screen horizontaly and i cannot seem to find a way of removing them. I have updated the video driver and this has not helped.

I would be very grateful for any help on this matter!

Thanks

Rob

Billy Jingles · Answer

Have you tried reseating your flex cable?

cant think · Answer

Hi Billy,

No I havent. Being as I have never owned a laptop before perhaps you could let me know how I would go about doing this...

According to the previous owner the green lines appeared apprx 3 months ago for no apperent reason.

Many Thanks

Rob

Billy Jingles · Answer

For an Inspiron 8000: <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> Scroll down some.

cant think · Answer

Billy Thanks, Its getting pretty late here (Spain) So i'll give it a go in the morning. I'll let you know the results... Rob

cant think · Answer

billy... well i tried your suggestion and it didnt help. Any more ideas? Thanks Rob

urantia007 · Answer

If it's anything like my green lines wich are intermittent.

I've narrowed down the problem to the ribbon cable wich connects the LCD to the Video card. If i move it around it makes the screen go garbled or perfect.

It's a real pain the asss, as dell will only sell you the complete LCD wich is expensive, all i need is a cheap ribbon cable.

cant think · Answer

Thanks, I've tried it and still have the green lines. I'd say it's fast looking like a new screen?

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