Toshiba Tecra laptop with lines and artifacts on the screen.

[William Gaatjes]

I do not know why but all my old electronic stuff is dying on me. :'(
A few months ago my Geforce 6600GT and now...

I got this Toshiba Tecra S1 laptop that i repaired once and got it working again(it was dead before that). That was a contact problem combined with a defect internal wifi card and dead battery. Unfortunately, i used it as a video player for a few days and now i get artifacts on the screen and lines on the screen. When i move the LCD it becomes more or less sometimes. I have to take it apart again and see what is going on. Has anybody had this problem before ? To be honest, i totally forgot what the specs of this machine is. I do not know if it is a shared video memory model or not.

Anybody has some good advice for me to make life easier ?

 

[William Gaatjes]

Found the specs, it has dedicated video memory.

http://www.cnet.com/laptops/toshiba-tecra-s1/4507-3121_7-21063848.html

 

[William Gaatjes]

This is the same problem i have :

 

[William Gaatjes]

I hope it is a contact problem again.

This user had similar problems :

I have a Tecra S3 which is only a year old, just out of warranty. The display just started to have problems mainly with the color red. Little red dots appeared everywhere and the color red had blotches of crappiness in it. Toshiba told me my warranty was over, I figured I'd try to fix it myself. I determined the problem comes from a weak plug in the display panel itself. I removed the rubber bumpers at the top and the flat plastic covers near the bottom, and all four screws. Then I carefully removed the plastic cover by inching it up with my fingers. There were two screws near the bottom of the panel that needed to be removed, and a high voltage plug with white & pink wires that will pull out of a circuit board near the bottom of the housing. I then pulled up the display & saw the long data cable & plug going into the top of the display. I pulled this and determined it is made of copper. I took a can of Radio Shack contact cleaner, and sprayed both the cable and the plug on the top of the display. Just for good measure, I sprayed a light coating on the board under the insulating plastic sheet as well. I replaced everything, and now my display works perfectly. If your problem is similar, you might want to give this a shot, it can't hurt anything. Always be extra careful with the front of the display, they scratch very easily.