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Ace101 · 11-20-2008, 11:30 PM

Hi all,
My laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1501) has somehow encountered a strange problem. There is a red bar (2 inches wide) that runs vertically down the middle of my screen. It isn't fully red, but anything on that part of screen either turns a red color, or gets distorted. I have ruled out a graphic driver problem, since I reinstalled my drivers and it did not work. I am thinking it is a hardware problem. The thing is, it just appeared yesterday, for no apparent reason. Does anyone have any ideas what it is? Thanks for you help.

11-20-2008, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ace101 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 24 OS: Vista SP1	Red Distortion on screen Hi all, My laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1501) has somehow encountered a strange problem. There is a red bar (2 inches wide) that runs vertically down the middle of my screen. It isn't fully red, but anything on that part of screen either turns a red color, or gets distorted. I have ruled out a graphic driver problem, since I reinstalled my drivers and it did not work. I am thinking it is a hardware problem. The thing is, it just appeared yesterday, for no apparent reason. Does anyone have any ideas what it is? Thanks for you help.