Compaq Presario v5000 -- Striped LCD

Matrinka · 07-11-2008, 08:49 AM

Hello! I have a laptop and it is acting crazy. I'm hoping that some of you can assist me in fixing it! I have a Compaq Presario v5000 with a 15.4" screen.

Every now and then my laptop's LCD screen turns into a vertically striped mess (all color, no black). It looks somewhat like this:

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/wp-im...n-no-image.jpg

My warranty is up and I don't feel like paying the expensive rates to have someone repair this for me. When I use an external monitor, my picture is fine. If I unplug my computer and shut it down it is fine upon start-up about 40% of the time. Things do not repair themselves if I press on the screen, but things WERE working as normal if I flicked it up until last night. When the stripes appear their colors reflect the black screen of booting, blue screen of the window start up, and my desktop wallpaper colors. Unfortunately, all I see are colors. If I'm patient and keep trying to reboot, eventually I'll turn the computer on and everything will look perfect again. There is no hint of there being anything wrong with the LCD - everything looks good. However, if I leave the laptop on long enough it will degrade into the stripey colored mess and not restart prefectly until I play with it (ie, shake, flick, flip upside-down, remove the power and battery... ) Eventually, it will start up and look good again.

Do I have a loose connection somewhere in the cables? Do I need a whole new LCD or can I just replace something like the screen inverter part? Do I need new cables? I believe that I can replace any of these on my own.

I shopped around for a new LCD screen, but they are around $150+ with shipping. Considering that I can buy a new laptop for around $500, it feels just wrong to pay that much.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-11-2008, 09:13 AM

how does it look like on an external monitor?

Matrinka · 07-13-2008, 02:09 PM

It looks perfectly fine on an external monitor (other than being squished from a wider screen).

**TriggerFinger** · 07-13-2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrinka

It looks perfectly fine on an external monitor (other than being squished from a wider screen).

that is a good sign but the downside is, it looks more like an LCD malfunction. i really doubt if it is the inverter because you see colored stripes. if it was a black screen or a dim screen then it could be the inverter.

here's what you can do that might help:
1. reseat or replace your RAM with a known working one just for testing purposes.

2. check and reseat the LCD cable connection both on LCD and motherboard side.

3. worst case should 1 and 2 do not help, try replacing the LCD.

07-11-2008, 08:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Matrinka Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Matrinka	Compaq Presario v5000 -- Striped LCD Hello! I have a laptop and it is acting crazy. I'm hoping that some of you can assist me in fixing it! I have a Compaq Presario v5000 with a 15.4" screen. Every now and then my laptop's LCD screen turns into a vertically striped mess (all color, no black). It looks somewhat like this: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/wp-im...n-no-image.jpg My warranty is up and I don't feel like paying the expensive rates to have someone repair this for me. When I use an external monitor, my picture is fine. If I unplug my computer and shut it down it is fine upon start-up about 40% of the time. Things do not repair themselves if I press on the screen, but things WERE working as normal if I flicked it up until last night. When the stripes appear their colors reflect the black screen of booting, blue screen of the window start up, and my desktop wallpaper colors. Unfortunately, all I see are colors. If I'm patient and keep trying to reboot, eventually I'll turn the computer on and everything will look perfect again. There is no hint of there being anything wrong with the LCD - everything looks good. However, if I leave the laptop on long enough it will degrade into the stripey colored mess and not restart prefectly until I play with it (ie, shake, flick, flip upside-down, remove the power and battery... ) Eventually, it will start up and look good again. Do I have a loose connection somewhere in the cables? Do I need a whole new LCD or can I just replace something like the screen inverter part? Do I need new cables? I believe that I can replace any of these on my own. I shopped around for a new LCD screen, but they are around $150+ with shipping. Considering that I can buy a new laptop for around $500, it feels just wrong to pay that much.

07-11-2008, 09:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
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07-13-2008, 02:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Matrinka Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Matrinka	Re: Compaq Presario v5000 -- Striped LCD It looks perfectly fine on an external monitor (other than being squished from a wider screen).