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M.L.
Flightless Bird
>> I'm trying to find the most likely cause of artifacts on my laptop LCD
>> screen that appeared after I had a tech install a new bezel, hinges
>> and cover for the LCD screen.
>>
>> HP Pavilion DV9608nr, AMD Turion 64 X2 @ 1.90 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD
>> Vista Home Premium 32-bit
>> NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M (UMA)
>>
>> The problem remains even after upgrading to the latest NVIDIA drivers.
>> The artifacts appear as thin vertical greenish stripes on my desktop
>> background and on the client portion of applications. It does not
>> appear on areas such as the title bar or status bar. When I took a
>> screenshot of my desktop, the saved image did not display the
>> artifacts on another computer.
>>
>> Before I go back to the tech I'd like an idea of what might be the
>> source of this problem. Thanks.
>
>I had a slightly similar problem on a Dell D600 laptop. Oddly
>distributed patches of green pixels, sometime flickering.
>
>I found that the edge connectors on the cables from the screen to the
>mainboard were not tight, and had to be reseated. Since the tech has
>done some physical work on your screen, this seems at least a possibility.
>
>BTW, those connectors are TINY and DIFFICULT TO WORK with.
I took the laptop to a tech service that specializes in laptop screen
replacements. They diagnosed the problem as a malfunctioning LCD
screen cable (part # 447986-001). Apparently the original tech damaged
it during his service. The specialists are charging me $120 labor, and
the used part costs about $50+ on eBay.
Turns out it would have been cheaper to let the more expensive
specialists fix the screen in the first place.