What's wrong with my laptop's screen?

[blueshoe]

I have a Dell 9300 with the WXGA display.

There's a line about 4 inches long going down from the top of my monitor on the left side. The width of this line is 1 pixel. The line isn,t really solid, as in there are a few pixel gaps throughout. The pixels of this line continuously blink and it is not always noticable, but is almost always noticable when the background is white or a light color.

I noticed this happening a week or two ago and I didn't think much of it...but the 'line' has seemed to get longer. I'm wondering if there's a way to fix it, or if this is permanent and has potential to become worse. My laptop is still under complete care, so is this a valid reason to get it the screen replaced?

 

[cheesehead]

Yes. Chances are, your LCD's gone kaput.

 

[imported_Seer]

Could be the connection. Try opening it up and making sure everything is fastened well.

 

[Ionizer86]

Just plug in and run an external monitor. If that's fine, your LCD is kaput. If that also has line issues, your video card is kaput.

 

[blueshoe]

Ok, I'll open it up and check the connections.

If I do get it replaced though, do you think I can get it upgraded to the 1920x1200 resolution?....

 

[Ionizer86]

If you're under warranty, just let them fix it I do'nt think you could get higher res though.

 

[modedepe]

Yeah, I would just make them fix it. Probably 90% chance it's the screen anyways.