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Lines across my laptop

Discussion in 'Questions and Answers' started by Seeking Answers, Aug 31, 2009.

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  1. Seeking Answers

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    Do the lines move? Or are they there all the time? If they're there all the time, I'd guess your screen has gone bad and you'll need to replace it.
     
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    In addition, if it is a bad screen, it might be more cost effective to just go out and buy and brand new laptop. Maintenance and repairs on laptops costs alot more than it would for a regular desktop, I took my laptop to the Geek Squad and asked a friend about fixing it when my screen went black and they both said that the labor would be extremely expensive and buying a new one was my best option. If you don't want to buy a new one, maybe buying a new desktop monitor and hooking your laptop up to that would be a cheaper option?
     
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    Have to agree with that. I would suspect that it would be just as cheap to buy a new laptop (or pretty close), unless you can find a parts dealer and do it yourself (which I wouldn't recommend unless you really know what you're doing).
     
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    when i was studying the A+ exam (fixing computers) it said never to mess with a monitor and have it sent off to be fixed. that's with a desktop and i imagine that's expensive.

    laptops are generally more expensive because the parts are more specialized for the size of the computer.

    you may be way better off buying a new one.

    google a pixel test to see if you have any dead pixels, also.
     
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