laptop screen

[Rich]

i picked this laptop up cheap because it would not boot up (easy fix)

but anyone got any idea what's going on with the screen its not cracked as i can see i have moved the taskbar to the side so i can still use it

[AskDean]

have you tried updating the drivers for it.

[BadBoy]

Looks to me like it's in 4:3 mode rather than widescreen.
Have a look under control panel>display for settings check the resolution hasn't been changed to a customer setting too

[gregster]

Thats nothing that a foot long length of duct tape wont fix Richy

[Rich]

greg i had thought about bunging something over that bit of the screen as its annoying when it starts flickering

[Alchamist]

H-sync looks to be gone. Do you have a monitor ou can plug in to check the graphics card?

[Rich]

it works fine on a monitor both vga and hdmi

[actung]

http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/ handy wee link to fix a number of things

or if u had it open and card out testing did u make sure the scroll pad ribbon was not pulled out - could always check on device manager

n yeah i agree as above that lcd screen looks a bit burnt out around the edges but still shudnt stop a mouse pointer

[Rich]

no problem with the mouse just the right hand side of the screen is missing

[Alchamist]

Try changing the screen resolution to see if it goes away. If not, try downloading a Live Linux CD (like Ubuntu) and boot off the CD to see if it's a driver issue.

[PaulHooligan]

Or you could drop it down the stairs and claim a new one on the house insurance Well thats what some people do apparently

[Rich]

i think its going to be a new screen it does the same on boot so i'm thinking screen or ribbon but i will try ubuntu Jay