m17 R1, Weird shadows at bottom screen

Question

Hi. SO I woke up this morning I noticed at the bottom of my screen shadows, as if there were "lights on the floor" and you were seeing the shadow cast as the pattern is very much like that. I ran a full diagnostics test to test for lighting and errors in the monitor period and everything passed. Literally my laptop was perfectly fine yesterday. I'm concerned because I use this for work--image processing---so if this fails, or I have to send it in, I can't make money which means no paying the bills ;P. And I'm behind due to COVID (as we all are) so any suggestions I, a super tech noob, can do, would help. I do not have the level of expertise to take apart my laptop. Just want to make that clear LOL. Hopefullly you can view the image I took with 'snip tool' and shared on my google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OHY6557wn07hvc55CFDjAZ0suGMu82OJ/view?usp=sharing

ejn63 · Answer

The image isn't showing a problem, but if what you're seeing is alternating dark and light bands emanating from the lower edge of the panel, it's most likely a dying backlight.

A51-06 · Answer

You cant snapshot a screen issue with a snipping tool, you need to take a pic with your phone.   Run an ePSA diagnostics by clicking F12 when rebooting and let me know what you get.

crimsom · Answer

Hi @brokenrebirth  cannot open your google drive hyperlink. Please use Insert Photos to post your Win10 Fullscreen Snip within this thread. Thank you.

A51-06 · Answer

He’s talking about a screen issue and accidentally sent a screenshot instead of a picture.

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m17 R1, Weird shadows at bottom screen

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