Dell Laptop

[john]

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I have a Dell latitude laptop. It is 2 year old. The monitor went out
all of a sudden. Only the top 1/3 of the diplay is working and it
appears faded. Does anyone know if this normal for this to happen?

 

[Guest]

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This is just a guess, but:

Maybe something is partially-blocking the lamp (there is only one lamp
tube, and it is at the bottom of the screen). Or maybe you have a short
that cut the voltage to both the lamp and the display electrnics.

 

[Guest]

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When you say the top third is working do you mean theres a line and
definite point where the video stops? If so this sounds like screen
failure. Backlight replacement would be if you are having a dim screen
situation or black raster.

 

[BigJim]

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well since I can't see the problem try connecting to a external monitor to
rule out the video card.
It could be a connection problem with a wire or the monitor screen.
"john" <none@none.net> wrote in message news:9WFyd.3468$Wm4.2257@fe03.lga...
>I have a Dell latitude laptop. It is 2 year old. The monitor went out all
>of a sudden. Only the top 1/3 of the diplay is working and it appears
>faded. Does anyone know if this normal for this to happen?

 

[Guest]

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john <none@none.net> wrote:
>I have a Dell latitude laptop. It is 2 year old. The monitor went out
>all of a sudden. Only the top 1/3 of the diplay is working and it
>appears faded. Does anyone know if this normal for this to happen?

Not normal, but not impossible for this kind of hardware failure to
occur. If you didn't buy a 3-year warranty, it's going to be a very
expensive repair, and will probably exceed the value of your laptop...

 

[john]

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Yes there is a line and a definite point where the video stops.


ikenfixit wrote:
> When you say the top third is working do you mean theres a line and
> definite point where the video stops? If so this sounds like screen
> failure. Backlight replacement would be if you are having a dim screen
> situation or black raster.
>

 

[john]

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It does work with an external monitor.

BigJIm wrote:
> well since I can't see the problem try connecting to a external monitor to
> rule out the video card.
> It could be a connection problem with a wire or the monitor screen.
> "john" <none@none.net> wrote in message news:9WFyd.3468$Wm4.2257@fe03.lga...
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>>I have a Dell latitude laptop. It is 2 year old. The monitor went out all
>>of a sudden. Only the top 1/3 of the diplay is working and it appears
>>faded. Does anyone know if this normal for this to happen?
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