GREEN LINE RUNNING DOWN LEFT OF AR11M SCREEN

[zayyad]

can anyone tell me why i suddenly have a green line running straight down my screen? it wasnt here last night but as soon as i switched it on today there it was. at first ot would appear and then disappear but now it is solid. any comments will be greatly appreciated.

[Thalamus.]

Hi zayyad,

try connecting your Vaio to an external monitor, do you still have the same problem.?

[zayyad]

I just connected it to my TV and the line is not there. My computer is out of warranty and i am fearing a huge payment or a screen replacement. Do you think it is the screen or the video card or something like that?

[Thalamus.]

Hi,

do you get the same green line when in safe mode.?

To enter safe mode restart your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo press the F8 key repeatedly..

[zayyad]

unfortunately, the line is still there even in safe mode.

[Thalamus.]

Hi zayyad,

I doubt it's the GPU as the display on the external screen was ok, I would suggest asking a local repairer to try an establish the exact cause, it could be a cabling problem or a more expensive replacement screen.. ..

[Nintensity]

sounds like you have some 'dead pixels'. basically, the pixels in the LCD go 'dead' and get stuck on a particular colour. its a fairly common problem with LCD, although you usually find it more often in cheaper screens so you've been a bit unlucky as the Sony screens are pretty kick ass! If you've got a Nintendo DS for example, quite a lot of people have the odd one or two pixels frozen on a certain colour on the botton touch screen.

if you were lucky you wouldnt have had a whole line go, sometimes you can just have a few individual pixels. Not much you can do without having a screen replacement i dont think...

[zayyad]

Yeah, all you guys were right. i called sony yesterday and they said it could cost up to £650 to replace the screen on that basis, i am now in the market for a new notebook. The funny thing is that the line runnig down the screen isnt that bad as i can still use the laptop although it has no value at all and i dunno if the rest of the screen will give up to. I like the AR series cos you can now burn blu ray and it has a huge screen. i am considering the AR61S, does anyone have it and is it any good? is there something similar in the market from other manufacturers?

[Thalamus.]

The funny thing is that the line runnig down the screen isnt that bad as i can still use the laptop although it has no value at all and i dunno if the rest of the screen will give up to.

If you can still see the screen and you can live with the green line then I would stick with what you have for a while..