Red line through screen

[jcschott]

I have a acer laptop. It has a verticle red line through the screen. I have researched it and found that it is probably a bad contact. I heard it is tuff to fix on your own. Any suggestions or any idea how much to fix it?

 

[GnomeCop]

this type of defect is very difficult to repair, as for cost I have no idea because at my old company we just marked them as "bad panels" and sent them back to the manufacturer.

 

[Scott66]

The LCD panels are the most expensive part of the laptop and can easily by 200-400 US just for the part and much more if it is a newer machine with xga or wide screen

 

[kitkat22]

Fixing Redline through screen: couple hundred
Spending fixing money on something else: couple hundred
Throwing Sony laptop into dumpster: priceless

(Sorry, I had to give it a try. The way you worded the topic title started the whole thing

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

How nice of a laptop?

May be better off buying a new one and selling it on eBay. They pay more than MSRP for broken laptops

 

[Abhi]

Is the red line constant or does it come and go?

 

[bacillus]

It is possible that this could be the result of a bad LCD cable harness as opposed to a problem with the LCD itself.

 

[jcschott]

It is a bad contact and luckly it is covered in the warranty. I wasn't sure it was but they said they would fix it.