Dell Precision M6600 screen problem:
My wife accidentally stepped on the bottom left of my open laptop screen (Dell Precision M6600) last night and now I am getting a 1inch White Vertical band going down my screen. It is 1-inch wide and comes down starting about halfway between the Center of the Screen and the left edge of the screen. Everything is duplicated on the left side of this 1-inch white line (see image at
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Sometimes the area left of the white vertical 1-inch line flickers all White also (see image at
http/postimg.org/image/ugycitvzl/) and when I push on the screen in this area sometimes it gets better (this area to the left of the 1-inch line gets better, but the 1-inch white line always stays there going vertically all the way through my screen) see image at
I was hoping it was just a loose LCD cable connection due to the pressure placed when she stepped on the computer/LCDscreen so I took off the screen and then unplugged and plugged back in the LCD cable going into the screen itself, although this did not fix the problem. I have not yet disassembled the laptop and tested the connection of the LCD cable to the motherboard (mainly because I was guessing this wasn't the source of the error since the pressure occurred when she stepped on the Actual screen, not the keyboard/motherboard area, suggesting that if it was just a connection issue then it would've been the connection in the screen area.
My first question is whether my assumption is correct that it is either the LCD screen itself that needs replacing, or if it is the LCD cable that needs replacing? My 2nd question is which one you think it is more likely to be? We are in somewhat of a time crunch which is why I wouldn't just wait for a week to ship the cheaper LCD cable and if that doesn't work wait another week to ship the LCD screen. Lastly, I wanted to make sure their isn't some easy simple(even unlikely) solution that I shouldn't try first, such as resetting the graphics driver or display settings, etc. Thank you all for your help!
My wife accidentally stepped on the bottom left of my open laptop screen (Dell Precision M6600) last night and now I am getting a 1inch White Vertical band going down my screen. It is 1-inch wide and comes down starting about halfway between the Center of the Screen and the left edge of the screen. Everything is duplicated on the left side of this 1-inch white line (see image at
http
/postimg.org/image/sleqbr581/Sometimes the area left of the white vertical 1-inch line flickers all White also (see image at
http
/postimg.org/image/ugycitvzl/) and when I push on the screen in this area sometimes it gets better (this area to the left of the 1-inch line gets better, but the 1-inch white line always stays there going vertically all the way through my screen) see image atI was hoping it was just a loose LCD cable connection due to the pressure placed when she stepped on the computer/LCDscreen so I took off the screen and then unplugged and plugged back in the LCD cable going into the screen itself, although this did not fix the problem. I have not yet disassembled the laptop and tested the connection of the LCD cable to the motherboard (mainly because I was guessing this wasn't the source of the error since the pressure occurred when she stepped on the Actual screen, not the keyboard/motherboard area, suggesting that if it was just a connection issue then it would've been the connection in the screen area.
My first question is whether my assumption is correct that it is either the LCD screen itself that needs replacing, or if it is the LCD cable that needs replacing? My 2nd question is which one you think it is more likely to be? We are in somewhat of a time crunch which is why I wouldn't just wait for a week to ship the cheaper LCD cable and if that doesn't work wait another week to ship the LCD screen. Lastly, I wanted to make sure their isn't some easy simple(even unlikely) solution that I shouldn't try first, such as resetting the graphics driver or display settings, etc. Thank you all for your help!
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