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| 1119729 | 2010-07-17 09:17:00 | Hi, my friend cleaned her screen. HP Laptop with XP Home. I suspect rubbed it too hard with cloth. Now has lines across the screen which will not go away. Is the screen kaput? Or is there anything I can do to fix this for her? Laptop is about 5 years old. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1119730 | 2010-07-17 10:03:00 | Describe "lines" Vertical or horizontal. black or coloured? | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1119731 | 2010-07-17 23:46:00 | Lines are horizontal about 7-8 cms long and about 1 cm deep. They are black with some coloured patches and there are about 5 or 6 in total. Basically where she rubbed with the cloth. Sort of pixally looking. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1119732 | 2010-07-18 00:05:00 | Without seeing the screen, I would suggest it's gone past it's best before date. This can happen when someone tries to use a brillo pad and jif to clean their screen. Think your friend may have ruptured the membranes between the pixels ... only a guess though. |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1119733 | 2010-07-18 01:47:00 | Yes, I guessed as much. Only she used a slightly damp soft cloth, not the brillo and jif. Cheers LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1119734 | 2010-07-18 02:05:00 | Sounds a bit kaput. Bit of shame that its on a laptop because the screens are annoying to replace | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1119735 | 2010-07-18 04:14:00 | Sounds a bit kaput. Bit of shame that its on a laptop because the screens are annoying to replace I've only even done one (Toshiba P35) but it was easy. Guess it wouldn't be if you'd never opened a laptop before etc or maybe mine is just good design. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1119736 | 2010-07-18 04:27:00 | Getting the parts of the supplier is the hardest part. they didn't want to give me one, insisted that I bring it in for them to do. I ended up buying one off ebay ($20) for my mates Compaq. then there was a lot of adhesive holding it together so I had to stick the blasted thing back together once the new screen was in. his laptop was going to cost $150 from the supplier to fix so me fixing was cheaper. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1119737 | 2010-07-18 08:25:00 | Household insurance might cover it. Accidental damage. Surely this is no different to dropping the antique vase you inherited from Aunty Mable, while dusting it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1119738 | 2010-07-18 09:59:00 | And, like an assessor said to me once, there wouldn't be many claims if it wasn't for human stupidity! | linw (53) | ||
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