Couldn't find a category for Laptop Screens, so I put it in this one.
I'll make this as short as I can. Laptop is a HP G71.
LED Screen (not lcd), No inverter.
Everything is fine in External monitor throughout this whole process:
Here's what's happened.
Laptop was dropped, afterwards LED Screen has a thick white line(s) as in picture1.
So ordered new screen.
Replaced with new screen, it seemed to have gotten worse, looks distorted and split in one area, as in picture3.
Supposedly brand new screen, so we thought it must be also a bad cable,
So we ordered Brand New OEM cable from HP.
Cable came in today, replaced, nothing changed, still distorted as in picture 4
Removed and reseated all cable connections several time to see if it was just not fully connected, (both with new and old cable) nothing changed. Everything is exactly the same either with new or old cable so I'm guessing I didn't need to buy it, the old one is good.
So I am just baffled, It can't be the graphics card because it looks perfect with an external monitor right?
I tried all the possible configurations of parts to see what they looked like.
Here are the pictures
1. OLD screen w/ OLD cable http
/imageshack.us/a/img402/5396/1oldscreenoldcable.jpg
2. OLD screen w/ NEW cable http
/imageshack.us/a/img411/2304/2oldscreennewcable.jpg
3. NEW screen w/ OLD cable http
/imageshack.us/a/img28/1913/3newscreenoldcableexter.jpg
4. NEW screen w/ NEW cable http
/imageshack.us/a/img145/4334/4newscreennewcable.jpg
1&2 look the same, 3&4 look the same so cable made no difference.
My next step is to send the screen back and ask for another, but I'm not as experienced as I'd like to be with LED Screens so I'm hoping someone has seen this and knows what this could be or tell me to try something I haven't yet tried before I send the screen back on Monday. Thank you.
I'll make this as short as I can. Laptop is a HP G71.
LED Screen (not lcd), No inverter.
Everything is fine in External monitor throughout this whole process:
Here's what's happened.
Laptop was dropped, afterwards LED Screen has a thick white line(s) as in picture1.
So ordered new screen.
Replaced with new screen, it seemed to have gotten worse, looks distorted and split in one area, as in picture3.
Supposedly brand new screen, so we thought it must be also a bad cable,
So we ordered Brand New OEM cable from HP.
Cable came in today, replaced, nothing changed, still distorted as in picture 4
Removed and reseated all cable connections several time to see if it was just not fully connected, (both with new and old cable) nothing changed. Everything is exactly the same either with new or old cable so I'm guessing I didn't need to buy it, the old one is good.
So I am just baffled, It can't be the graphics card because it looks perfect with an external monitor right?
I tried all the possible configurations of parts to see what they looked like.
Here are the pictures
1. OLD screen w/ OLD cable http

2. OLD screen w/ NEW cable http

3. NEW screen w/ OLD cable http

4. NEW screen w/ NEW cable http

1&2 look the same, 3&4 look the same so cable made no difference.
My next step is to send the screen back and ask for another, but I'm not as experienced as I'd like to be with LED Screens so I'm hoping someone has seen this and knows what this could be or tell me to try something I haven't yet tried before I send the screen back on Monday. Thank you.