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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: winnipegtwister on June 05, 2007, 06:01:46 PM

Title: Horizontal Line
Post by: winnipegtwister on June 05, 2007, 06:01:46 PM

Hey Guys

I have noticed a thin Horizontal line going across the center of my Laptop screen lately. It is a Toschiba that is a year old. it seems to be intermittend. I have never ran across this before, any ideas?

Thanks

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: GX1_Man on June 05, 2007, 06:11:58 PM

I have an idea. You should post a little more information about the machine, what happened prior to this, and try an external monitor on it.

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: winnipegtwister on June 05, 2007, 06:36:42 PM

Sorry

It is a Model psm42u, with 512 ram and intel processor. Running windows xp. It seemed to start after downloading a word program, I think it was called G4 or something. I removed that software and did a restart and the line was gone. Now two days later it is back. It appears on this forum to be a thin black line dead center of the screen running horizontaley.

Thanks

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: contrex on June 06, 2007, 02:43:55 AM

could be dead transistors in panel. Is warranty expired?

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: winnipegtwister on June 10, 2007, 08:27:37 PM

Yes warrentee expired last month.

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: Fed on June 11, 2007, 04:17:45 PM

Quote

try an external monitor on it.

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: winnipegtwister on June 12, 2007, 03:06:01 AM

Thanks Fed

But how doI go about doing that?

Thanks

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: contrex on June 12, 2007, 11:48:16 AM

Quote from: winnipegtwister on June 12, 2007, 03:06:01 AM

Thanks Fed

But how doI go about doing that?

Thanks

plug it into the external monitor socket.

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: winnipegtwister on June 12, 2007, 01:53:37 PM

OK Guys, I am not computer savey. Where do I get an externa monitor to plug in to external moniter socket ?

Title: Re: Horizontal Line
Post by: contrex on June 12, 2007, 01:57:36 PM

Quote from: winnipegtwister on June 12, 2007, 01:53:37 PM

OK Guys, I am not computer savey. Where do I get an externa monitor to plug in to external moniter socket ?

1. At a store. That's a S-T-O-R-E.
2. Borrow one from a friend.
3. Take the laptop round to a friends house and plug it into his or her monitor.
4. Take it to school or work and plug it into a monitor you find there.
4. Take the computer to a repair S-T-O-R-E and pay them some M-O-N-E-Y and they will try it out for you and tell you how much it will cost to fix.

Monitors look like this

(http://www.safecomputingtips.com/images/ergonomic-monitor.jpg)

or like this

(http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/300/TK96E_new.jpg)