https://imgur.com/a/v1R1AF0
As far as I can say it all started with a few dotted lines stretching across the screen and it got worse and worse by the day. Now the screen looks like this. Also the broken part of the screen seems to change color so I assume that this is a graphics card issue but I can't say that for sure.
Please help me out and I love you :)
https://imgur.com/a/v1R1AF0
As far as I can say it all started with a few dotted lines stretching across the screen and it got worse and worse by the day. Now the screen looks like this. Also the broken part of the screen seems to change color so I assume that this is a graphics card issue but I can't say that for sure.
Please help me out and I love you :)
Looks like cracked screen
especially if it grew over time the crack just got worse over time
Looks like cracked screen
especially if it grew over time the crack just got worse over time
Probably a loose or faulty display cable connecting the screen to the motherboard.
Probably a loose or faulty display cable connecting the screen to the motherboard.
thats a lot of ants under the screen
thats a lot of ants under the screen
I agree with the others it looks like a faulty display/cable.
To make sure that your graphics card is not the problem try plugging the laptop to an external screen and see if image is fucked or not.
I agree with the others it looks like a faulty display/cable.
To make sure that your graphics card is not the problem try plugging the laptop to an external screen and see if image is fucked or not.
tonmasProbably a loose or faulty display cable connecting the screen to the motherboard.
eh probably not, usually that would distort most of or the entire screen.
Likely what's wrong here is you probably have a faulty ribbon cable (or 2) that controls power to that particular area of your screen. Only way to really confirm that though is to basically near fully disassemble your laptop, remove all the casing around the display power on the display and peel off the top layers of the display to verify that the back-light is lit. Do not actually peel apart the LCD screen though. The outer layer of the display will be a thin transparent sheet of plastic and the next layer will likely be the LCD screen, the LCD screen is the layer that you actually see what is being displayed. Note you will have a hard time seeing whats on the screen without a back light, but you can use a flashlight to do quick checks to see if this is the layer being affected. If you still see the black area you normally see you know for sure that the problem is power getting to those pixels (especially if you display a black image and the normal black area is still darker), if while moving the lcd screen the black area suddenly changes or goes away get smaller etc, it likely means the ribbon cable is ok but it doesn't have good contact. Repairing this part is a pain in the ass and usually not worth it imo.
just for the sake of clarity this is where i think your issue is.
https://youtu.be/axmZJBRGYn4?t=5m43s
Honestly you would be better off finding a similar sized laptop display and replacing your old one with that one, just getting a new laptop, or hook up a standalone monitor via HDMI / VGA or whatever.
-edit-
Just realized that the ribbons I'm referring to control power only in vertical strips. Horizontal lines like you have mean your display is full on fucked.
[quote=tonmas]Probably a loose or faulty display cable connecting the screen to the motherboard.[/quote]
eh probably not, usually that would distort most of or the entire screen.
Likely what's wrong here is you probably have a faulty ribbon cable (or 2) that controls power to that particular area of your screen. Only way to really confirm that though is to basically near fully disassemble your laptop, remove all the casing around the display power on the display and peel off the top layers of the display to verify that the back-light is lit. Do not actually peel apart the LCD screen though. The outer layer of the display will be a thin transparent sheet of plastic and the next layer will likely be the LCD screen, the LCD screen is the layer that you actually see what is being displayed. Note you will have a hard time seeing whats on the screen without a back light, but you can use a flashlight to do quick checks to see if this is the layer being affected. If you still see the black area you normally see you know for sure that the problem is power getting to those pixels (especially if you display a black image and the normal black area is still darker), if while moving the lcd screen the black area suddenly changes or goes away get smaller etc, it likely means the ribbon cable is ok but it doesn't have good contact. Repairing this part is a pain in the ass and usually not worth it imo.
just for the sake of clarity this is where i think your issue is.
https://youtu.be/axmZJBRGYn4?t=5m43s
Honestly you would be better off finding a similar sized laptop display and replacing your old one with that one, just getting a new laptop, or hook up a standalone monitor via HDMI / VGA or whatever.
-edit-
Just realized that the ribbons I'm referring to control power only in vertical strips. Horizontal lines like you have mean your display is full on fucked.
#6
It's a matrix. Rows send the activation signal (top down scan we all know) and the colums set the voltage=intensity. You need both.
Row drivers are just about the least complicated thing in the whole display, the signal just rotates through all pins. There is no reason for the driver IC to fail just on those rows. Unless they've down some weird 90° rotated bullshit this is just the usual setup where ~100 or so pins connect to one ribbon cable which then goes down the side on top of all the other ribbon cables and plugs into a connector somewhere. One of those cables (or the connector) is either fucked or pulled out halfway.
#1
Should be the display, not the GPU.
Probably fixable by a professional, not sure if you want to try it yourself. If the cable is just loose you could do it, but if it's more complicated than that probably not.
#6
It's a matrix. Rows send the activation signal (top down scan we all know) and the colums set the voltage=intensity. You need both.
Row drivers are just about the least complicated thing in the whole display, the signal just rotates through all pins. There is no reason for the driver IC to fail just on those rows. Unless they've down some weird 90° rotated bullshit this is just the usual setup where ~100 or so pins connect to one ribbon cable which then goes down the side on top of all the other ribbon cables and plugs into a connector somewhere. One of those cables (or the connector) is either fucked or pulled out halfway.
#1
Should be the display, not the GPU.
Probably fixable by a professional, not sure if you want to try it yourself. If the cable is just loose you could do it, but if it's more complicated than that probably not.