Laptop screen all green

King Eric

Hey
just wondering if anyone can help me,
ive gotten my hands on an old dell laptop, its running fairly well but the screen has a green tint

(I know its nearly paddy's day and all but id rather not be so festive )

Sometimes the colours are okay except for where there is high contrast, like where black and white meet in a picture etc. then i get green along the edges, i dont really want to spend much money on it seeing the price of dell laptops at the minute

is there any way of re-calibrating the screen or is it always going to be green?

far2gud

Usually a green screen means the lcd is **ucked. Best way to test is to attach an external monitor just to make sure it is the screen and not a problem with the motherboard/video card. If it is a screen problem you can remove the plastic bezel between the screen and the base fairly easy to disconnect/reconnect the lcd inverter cable to try and solve the problem. Just lye the screen flat with the laptop open and slide a screwdriver under the plastic bezel and it will come up at the hinges. You will see a small ribbon cable underneath with 2 small philips screws on some models. unscrew the screws if they are present and pull up the ribbon and reseat it. If this fails by a new laptop.

Hope this helps

TommyGun

I fix and repair Dell Laptops.

This problem sounds like a LCD cable problem. If you reseat the LCD cable, this may fix the issue. If the cable is damaged its not a costly defect, the only problem is getting hold of the part to fix it.

TommyGun

Sorry,

Far2gud, just read yours, I am saying the same thing.