Laptop screen was closed with a pen lying on the keyboard. The screen has a few cracks.
Problem description:
The laptop screen was closed with a pen lying on the keyboard. Now the screen has a few cracks running from the point of impact. It looks like some liquid was spilled inside the screen. Some parts of the LCD screen still work fine except the area around the point of impact.
Possible cause:
LCD screen damaged.
Tags: LCD screen damage
Lower part of the screen dispaly horizontal lines and flickers
Problem description:
The lower part of the laptop screen displays horizontal lines running from left to right and flickers. Moving the screen makes the image better or worse. The top part of the screen displays image properly. You’ve tested the laptop with an external monitor and the external video appears to be normal.
Possible cause:
1. Bad connection between the video cable and motherboard/LCD screen.
2. Bad video cable.
3. Bad LCD screen.
Laptop screen shows 4 desktops instead of one desktop
Problem description:
The laptop screen suddenly started showing 4 smaller desktops instead of one. Each small desktop looks like a reduced copy of the normal desktop. It looks like someone reduce the desktop size 4 times and tiled it. When you move the mouse, the arrow moves on all four desktops at the same time.
Image on the external monitor looks normal.
Possible cause:
LCD screen failure.
Tags: Bad image on screen
One of few colors are missing on the laptop screen
Problem description:
The laptop screen works normal but one or few colors are missing. All colors are displayed properly on an external monitor connected to the laptop. The colors are missing only on the laptop screen.
Possible cause:
1. Poor connection between the video cable and LCD screen or motherboard/video card.
2. Defective video cable.
Tags: Bad image on screen
Image on the laptop screen has slight ghosting
Problem description:
Image on the laptop screen has slight ghosting behind letters and icons. If you adjust the display and find the right position the ghosting disappears but it comes back if you move the display again. The laptop doesn’t have any ghosting on the external monitor. The ghosting appears only on the laptop screen.
Possible cause:
1. Video cable failure.
2. Bad connection between the video cable and LCD screen.
2. LCD screen failure.
Tags: Bad image on screen, Video garbled
The screen gets dimmer when AC adapter is plugged into laptop
Problem description:
The screen gets dimmer when AC adapter is plugged into the laptop. The screen is bright when laptop runs on the battery power.
Possible cause:
LCD brightness settings in the power management software or BIOS setup menu.
Tags: Screen goes dark
Laptop starts with completely white screen
Problem description:
The laptop starts but the screen is completely white.
Possible cause:
1. Video cable got disconnected from the LCD screen.
2. LCD screen failure.
3. Motherboard failure.
Tags: Screen is white
Image on the screen slowly fades to white
Problem description:
Image on the laptop screen slowly fades to white. If you torque the display or move it up and down the image goes back to normal. As soon as you release the display, the image stars fading to white again.
Possible cause:
LCD screen failure.
Laptop starts with pinkish screen. After a while the screen goes completely dark.
Problem description:
The laptop stars with a pinkish screen. All white colors have a light pink tint to it. After a while the screen goes completely dark. If you restart the laptop it starts with a pinkish screen again but after some time it goes dark again. Time intervals between screen failures may vary after each restart. If you reduce the screen brightness, the screen stays on for a longer time.
Possible cause:
Backligh lamp failure.
Colors on laptop screen appear to be inverted. The image looks more like a negative.
Problem description:
Laptop starts as normal but colors on the laptop screen appear to be inverter. The image on the screen looks more like a negative image. Colors on the external monitor connected to the laptop look normal. Reinstalling the video driver doesn’t fix the problem.
Possible cause:
LCD screen failure.
Tags: Bad image on screen, Video garbled
