It started about two months ago with one line. Currently I have 8 vertical lines in different colors running down the screen of my dell inspiron 9200 laptop. These are very thin line, maybe one pixel wide. Any ideas Anybody?

Hi

A quick Google brought up this page: Fixing a Laptop Monitor (http://www.codebot.org/articles/?doc=9478)

It seems to mention something about lines of dead or forced pixels, which I understand is your problem.

I can't access it from work as it is blocked. But I hope it is helpful.

Dead pixels. Hopefully you got warranty on your bad boy

It started about two months ago with one line. Currently I have 8 vertical lines in different colors running down the screen of my dell inspiron 9200 laptop. these are very thin line, maybe one pixel wide. Any ideas Anybody?

To be honest mate it sounds to me like either:

Your screen is dying
Or
Maybe the cable connected to the internal graphics device is loose

Try connecting a normal PC monitor through the D-sub connector on your laptop

If that works fine then I am afraid to say that your laptop/notebook's screen is on its way out

If in warranty just have dell replace it



If not try Ebay;)

I also have a line problem on my Toshiba laptop. I am now thinking that it is a virus or the graphics card. I have no reason to believe that my laptop should be having this problem. I now have three vertical lines. Started two months ago with one. Someone will figure this out

cmilton111