What do I do when there are vertical lines on my laptop screen?

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Why am i getting lines on my laptop screen? and how to fix it?

i have a Compaq one. the lines look like static you get on a t.v. screen. they just appear then disappear. it started happening when i would close and open my laptop without shutting down or logging off. the first few times i did this nothing was wrong though. but recently it's causing problems. now i stopped doing that & started shutting down first, but today when i turned the laptop on the lines came back. it happens at random what can i do to fix this? i'm only 15 btw so i don't know much...

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First of all, try connect your laptop VGA port to an external LCD monitor screen to see if your Compaq...

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My Laptop screen is 100% fine, however when I view the laptop screen through my cell phone's camera...I see vertical lines moving...?

vertical lines moving left to right. IMPORTANT: Laptop screen is perfectly fine....just when seen through a cell phone camera, I very strangely see these vertical lines moving left ...show more

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The screen on your camera has a refresh rate where the picture is electronically refreshed, & so...

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Laptop LCD problem, HELP! Vertical lines appear on the screen when I move it to a different angle.?

It seems that it is the pressure that I apply on the edges that causes. This has not happened before and my laptop has never fallen to ground. Also the pressure that I apply is normal.. Help please. My laptop is Acer Aspire 4740 -Intel Corei5 430M -only...

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lcd display needs repalced. sorry. If it is under warranty then it should be replaced for free (usually...

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What can be wrong with a laptop that the screen has vertical and horizontal lines through it?

It also seems like it has crashed, but there is no external crash in it. it is an hp pavilion dv2700 laptop if i plug an external monitor, it works fine. what can the problem ...show more

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if you can get away with a monitor you will save yourself some cash. If you can get it undone you may...

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What do vertical lines appearing on my laptop screen mean? 1 suddenly appeared near the middle, then another a?

week or two later, then another. Those three had different spacings, two were yellow, one was pink. Then 2 more appeared on the left hand side a few more weeks later, turquoise. Quite fetching, but I could do without them. Any ideas on what's going on...

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Screen is on it's way out. It needs replacing. In some cases it is cheaper to buy a new laptop as they...

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What is causing these horizontal yellow lines on my laptop screen?

When I open my laptop I almost always see these horizontal yellow lines on the screen. What are they? Is this a serious problem? Can I remove them or is the screen reaching its end? The laptop is an ASUS UL80J, and I bought it new in fall 2010. The lines...

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You are probably right about it being the connection. Monitor signals get carried in three parts - R...

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Vertical and horizontal lines across my laptop screen?

Ok so, it started about a week ago and it is getting worse and worse. It started of with just vertical blue/blackish vertical lines on the right side of my screen, whenever I bent my screen it would go away, but it would come back if it moved ever so...

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It could be the data cable that connects from the mother board through the hinge and to the screen is...

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Vertical lines on laptop screen?

I have an Acer TravelMate 3270 and there are vertical lines over the entire screen. However when I bend the screen with my hand the lines disappear. As you can see this isn't a great solution and was wondering if there was a long term solution without...

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These are faulty pixel lines caused by bad connections, my mate used to squeeze his screen to get it...

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Vertical Lines/ Horizontal Lines on Laptop Screen?

I accidently threw my headphones at my laptop screen and this vertical line appeared it wasn't bad so i didn't think anything of it. Today i moved laptop screen and the ...show more

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Hi If it is not under warranty then: 1. First try to determine if it is screen or videocard/motherboard...

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My laptop screen gets vertical coloured lines!?

Sometimes when I'm watching a movie, or just left the computer on, a grey screen covered in colourful vertical fuzzy lines appear and the laptop then turns unresponsive. i have to then turn off my laptop and restart - this may not be such a big problem...

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Yes, sounds like an overheating problem. Check the vents, maybe hoover them out or blast with canned...

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