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

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

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Originally Posted by bekuehl

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?

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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