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my laptop screen is distorted with multi-colour lines |
kwabs2006
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I don't know what happened to it but my laptop screen get distorted with small lines of every colour. They start gradually and ultimalely cover the whole screen making it unreadable and useless because everything has been covered by these lines.
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kwabs2006
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i use an hp pavilion zv6000. how can i solve this cos i really need 2 use my laptop.
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garlic_bread
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Do you have a monitor? if so conect it via vga and see if the lines are there.
If not it is probably a faulty LCD
If they are its probably a faulty graphics processor!
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kwabs2006
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Tried that, and the lines were there! so what do i need 2 do?
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garlic_bread
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Im not sure about hp's but on older ibooks when this problem occurs its usualy the solder on the GPU has come undone.....
If you can find out where the GPU is you can try and use a shim to put pressure on the GPU to regain connection.
Lee 
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kwabs2006
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Thx will try that.. so no need 2 purchase a new gpu?
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lukechris
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Try resoldering and if it works then good if not you'll have to fork out
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jcwhite_uk
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GPU's are normally fixed to the board so if it has gone wrong there are 2 choices.
1. Pay someone a lot of money to fix it.
2. Buy a new laptop.
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kwabs2006
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its that expensive huh?
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Cycovision
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In the UK at least, it is often so expensive that it actually works out cheaper to buy a new computer 
I can't speak for elsewhere in the world though so good luck!
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Posted: 2009-06-01 19:05
