Problems with a Sony VAIO screen?

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I've been having problems with my Sony VAIO laptop screen. On exactly half of my screen, white vertical lines appear. At first they are not very noticeable, but they have gotten progressively brighter and they get in the way. You can still see behind them but they distort the image. Then it went from these white lines to really dark black lines that cover half the screen. You cant really see anything on that half, but if you pull a window to that side, you can see some of the color behind the black lines, so its not completely blank. 

I had this problem half a year ago, when the computer was still under warranty and they replaced the screen. It is now obvious that the problem isn't with the screen but with the connection between the computer and screen. 

Can anyone give me suggestions as to what to do, where exactly the problem may be, or how I would go about fixing it. Any help is much appreciated, thank you.

oceanpoet79 · Accepted Answer

I've seen this type of problem in my experience.  It's more prevalent in laptops due to the way laptops are designed to "fold down" the screen on top of the computer.

There is a ribbon cable that runs from the motherboard of your laptop, up through the hinge/joint and into the monitor.  If this cable becomes partially disconnected or broken, then the image will be distorted just as you are describing it.  

The most common being vertical lines going up and down the monitor.  Sometimes there will be a missing color.  

If the laptop is within it's warranty than I would have it repaired again.  If the laptop is out of warranty I would ask a friend or someone whom is computer savvy to open the casing and check the VGA ribbon cable that runs from the motherboard to the monitor.  If you live in North America you could Pay $25 for a diagnostics from Geek Squad (Best Buy).  If you ask them to check this cable, they typically will do that rather than just saying "bad screen".  Sometimes you get lazy techs who don't want to crack open the laptop and have a look at the cable.  

Finally, a good way for you to make sure the problem is NOT the video card/motherboard would be to connect an external monitor to the laptop and see if that works.  If that works, now you know it's either A) the screen or B) that cable I told you about.

If you want to try to fix it yourself I would check out "laptoprepair101.com".   Check the link in my source, this is a picture of what that video ribbon cable looks like.

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Anonymous · Answer

Nobody is going to be able to tell U what is exactly whats wrong, sometimes it just a mystery, sometimes they find out what it was. Could be a transducer or a dio on a circuit broad, over heating can cause it over tome. I have  a SONY VAIO desktop super great computers, sometimes I go to them & having them diagnose the problem, U got it on UR screen the VAIO help & support

Anonymous · Answer

You should return it to Sony for a replacement. That type of issue sounds like a short or some other problem in the video adapter or LCD inverter. It is nothing that can be just "fixed" with parts that may be available.

Mahmodul Hasan · Answer

HOW CAN I SOLVE THE PROBLEM????? THE LINE IS SHOWING INTO MY VAIO DISPLAY.YESTERDAY I CLEANED MY DISPLAY BY GLASS CLEANER.PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT LIQUID ENTERED INTO MY DISPLAY.

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