Volitions Advocate on 3/3/2010 at 18:29
I can see this problem all over the internet. I think mine is a bit different though.
TBH i dropped my netbook from a height of about 2 feet onto the carpet in my living room. It landed on the corner of the joint where the screen and the computer meet. There was no physical damage to the screen, and I think it just knocked loose a connection or something. I have no idea how to get in and reconnect a loose monitor connection in a laptop, let alone something as cramped inside as a netbook.
what happened was the leftmost quarter or so of the screen now has purple vertical lines in what looks like every other pixel.. I can still sort of see but it's difficult.
And every once in awhile if I have a bright window open, like a web browser or a word processor with a white background, there is this effect i can only describe as a wind effect. It looks like there is wind trying to blow the purple lines away off the screen, but It doesn't do it everytime. Has anybody else had this problem?
Its an Acer Aspire one 10.1 inch. the latest model I think. I've only had it for about 7 months and I'm still within my 1 year warranty, but I didnt' buy the extended warranty so if I take it in I'm sure I'll be without it for about 2.5 months while they send it to BF Nowhere to get fixed. I think they'll take it because there is no physical damage, I can just tell them i started happening and I think they'll believe me.
What a hassle.
Al_B on 3/3/2010 at 18:57
If it is the cable that is loose then it will probably be a flat flexible cable (FFC) that goes into a mating connector ((
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_flat_cable) see here for example). If so, assuming the connector isn't broken it's a quick job to release it and re-seat it. However, it probably isn't worth risking your warrenty for this.
Given your symptom (every other pixel) and the 'wind effect' then I'd suspect that you've damaged one of the LCD driver solder joints. The bright screen may be enough to capacitively couple a signal across the damaged joint. If it's any consolation then it's something that could have occurred without dropping it if there were a dry joint during manufacture.
Matthew on 4/3/2010 at 11:56
Quote Posted by Volitions Advocate
I can see this problem all over the internet
Well of course you can with monitor damage like that!
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
