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Laptop Screen Problem

  • 10-02-2007 2:01pm
    #1
    mcgarnicle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭


    I don't really know anything about computer hardware so any help would be appreciated.

    My problem started about three weeks ago, my laptop screen seemed to gradually go fuzzy, it was as though all the pixles had shifted over a little and were overlapping etc making a jumbled screen. That time I just restarted and then everything was fine. About a week later it happened again although this time I just adjusted the angle it was open and that seemed to work. Now it is happenning quite regularly and has gotten worse. The latest is that it goes fuzzy as described then the screen goes crazy before the entire thing is almost blank. If i simply lift it off my lap and put it back down it solves this. Leading me to believe I could be putting pressure on a cable somewhere or maybe covering a fan.

    Anyone got any ideas what could be causing this? It's a HP Pavilion laptop.


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    You could try plugging in an external monitor and see if you get the same results on that.


  • #3
    mcgarnicle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭mcgarnicle


    Ruu wrote:
    You could try plugging in an external monitor and see if you get the same results on that.

    Seems fine when i hook it up to an external monitor... It deffinately seems to be just a screen problem, when it goes fuzzy the more i pull it down, towards the keyboard, the more it clears up. The further i push it back, away from the keyboard, the more fuzzy it seems to get.


  • #4
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,477 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Maybe the cable between the screen and mainboard is breaking, or not connecting properly, the repeated opening and closing of the lid can eventually weaken the wires and cause them to break, or if your lucky maybe the connection has worked its way loose and needs to be reseated.


  • #5
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    mcgarnicle wrote:
    Anyone got any ideas what could be causing this? It's a HP Pavilion laptop.

    You know, the more I hear about HP laptops, the more I wonder WTF that company is up to (I have a HP Pavillion too, and didn't have a good experience with it).

    Anyway, it certainly sounds like a physical problem as opposed to a software/driver problem. Is it still under warranty? That should be your first port of call.

    Also, Google it to see if it is a common problem.


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