17" powerbook. LINES down screen

AudMan · Sep 6, 2009

hey guys, my powerbook 17inch has lines down from top of the screen to the bottom of the screen.

like a year after buying, there was fainly one line... more and more started coming. and now theres a good amount to almost block the view of the left side.

any takes?

chscag · Sep 6, 2009

Sounds like lines of bad pixels. Could be the display is going south. Or, it could be a graphics problem. Is it possible to post a screen shot?

Regards.

AudMan · Sep 6, 2009

Hey chscag

yeh I took the screen shot...
take a look...

if it is the graphics card... what do I need to do?
if it is the display going south, the display LCD screen needs to be replaced?

thanks

/Users/Shared/Picture 1.png

AudMan · Sep 6, 2009

wow...that is weird. when i take the screenshot, when i open the picture in the previews, there aren't any lines... $:\$

well i see the lines cuz there are lines on my screen... but the lines i see on my screen is not there on the screen shot... i know cuz when i move the window around, the lines are not there ...

what does this mean?

todd51 · Sep 7, 2009

AudMan said:
wow...that is weird. when i take the screenshot, when i open the picture in the previews, there aren't any lines... $:\$

well i see the lines cuz there are lines on my screen... but the lines i see on my screen is not there on the screen shot... i know cuz when i move the window around, the lines are not there ...

what does this mean?

You have a pretty defective screen there. I believe the only way to get it fixed is to replace the screen. I'm not sure how much this would cost, it may just be better for you to get a new laptop.

17" powerbook. LINES down screen

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