Screen skittery but tweeking helps

yustr · 04-06-2007, 05:13 AM

The screen on my son's HP6130 is pretty much useless. At startup all it shows is a distorted windows logo that doesn't move or advance. By distorted I mean part of it is on the upper pportion of the screen and other parts are at the bottom. There are horizontal lines through all of it. Did I mention it is frozen?

But if I lightly rock it back and forth - even only slightly - it clears up, refreshes and looks fine ---for a second. As soon as I let go or even move even a fraction off of the "sweet" spot it reverts to a distorted partial image.

It is not the vid card - at least I don't think so - because it works fine when connected to an external monitor.

I'm thinking its the cable between the MB and the screen. Could it be this? How difficult is it to get to (I have opening instruction from another thread concerning adding memory to it) both the ends of the cable?

If not the cable - is there anything else it could be? A bad LCD screen? Drivers?

Thanks
yustr

**Terrister** · 04-06-2007, 08:25 AM

I think you are correct about the cable. I hope it is not to hard to get to.

yustr · 04-07-2007, 09:26 AM

Thanks for your help - but alas I could only access one end of the cable - the one behind the keyboard. But that was not loose and did not fix it. So after he comes home from college for the summer - off it goes to get a new screen. I guess the extra warranty was worth it after all.

**Terrister** · 04-07-2007, 10:08 AM

Yep. Laptops are a pain to work on. Let someone else do it when you can.

04-06-2007, 05:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,069 OS: XP Pro My System	Screen skittery but tweeking helps The screen on my son's HP6130 is pretty much useless. At startup all it shows is a distorted windows logo that doesn't move or advance. By distorted I mean part of it is on the upper pportion of the screen and other parts are at the bottom. There are horizontal lines through all of it. Did I mention it is frozen? But if I lightly rock it back and forth - even only slightly - it clears up, refreshes and looks fine ---for a second. As soon as I let go or even move even a fraction off of the "sweet" spot it reverts to a distorted partial image. It is not the vid card - at least I don't think so - because it works fine when connected to an external monitor. I'm thinking its the cable between the MB and the screen. Could it be this? How difficult is it to get to (I have opening instruction from another thread concerning adding memory to it) both the ends of the cable? If not the cable - is there anything else it could be? A bad LCD screen? Drivers? Thanks yustr __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

04-06-2007, 08:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: Screen skittery but tweeking helps I think you are correct about the cable. I hope it is not to hard to get to. __________________

04-07-2007, 09:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,069 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: Screen skittery but tweeking helps Thanks for your help - but alas I could only access one end of the cable - the one behind the keyboard. But that was not loose and did not fix it. So after he comes home from college for the summer - off it goes to get a new screen. I guess the extra warranty was worth it after all. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

04-07-2007, 10:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: Screen skittery but tweeking helps Yep. Laptops are a pain to work on. Let someone else do it when you can. __________________