[dba-Tech] pc has visual problems

[Paul Hartland]

Sorry I meant the internal cable connecting from the motherboard to the
laptop screen.

Paul

On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, 19:19 Susan Harkins, <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> No table to the laptop screen -- flip top. Looking for a new one later.
> I'm also considering a dummy keyboard and just putting it aside as a
> "processor."
>
> Susan H.
>
>
> If you have your laptop connected to other monitors and they are fine and
> its only the laptop screen which is playing up, I would suggest its either
> the cable connecting to the laptop worn or loose or screen on way out, both
> relatively easy fixes or if got the money and excuse for a new one.
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, 19:10 Susan Harkins, <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gary -- it's the screen on the laptop. Connected monitors are fine.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> >
> > In my opinion, things to consider and check....
> >
> > 1) physical connection
> >
> > 2) bad cable
> >
> > 3) bad driver
> >
> > 4) Bad video card or circuitry
> >
> > 5) bad monitor
> >
> > Mostly the isolation of the problem would be swapping things around.
> > Unplugging and replugging or on another computer to see if things work
> > there.
> >
> > Check the cable connection on both ends.  Perhaps a loose cable.
> >
> > Try the monitor on a different computer or if you have two connections
> > on the same computer swap them.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My pc has vertical and horizontal lines this morning. Rebooting does
> > > change things a bit, but it doesn't get rid of them. I've switched
> > > my main monitor so I can still work, but I'm down a screen, which is
> > inconvenient.
> > > I'll live. 😊
> > >
> > > Instead of buying a new pc, I'm wondering if there might be an easy
> > > fix -- maybe hardware circuitry or something? I have no idea what
> > > the insides of a pc look like and I don't know if it's even possible
> > > to
> > switch out a "card"
> > > the way you can in a tower. At first, I thought I'd just run disc
> > > repair, but the other monitors are fine, so I don't think that will
> > > work. If it were a disc read problem, wouldn't I see the same lines
> > > on
> > another monitor?
> > >
> > > So, my husband's pc shopping this morning, but I've told him not to
> > > buy anything yet.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I haven't done any research yet --
> > > I have too much word to do today to attend to it until later this
> > afternoon.
> > >
> > > Susan H
> > >
> > >
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