Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi, today I turned my laptop on and my screen looked like in the picture below, and I dunno whats wrong with it..can anyone diagnosis it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 31, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 31, 2010 Your LCD is broken. Someone dropped it and put it back and didn't tell you cuz they didn't want to get in trouble :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 no no one dropped it i just turned it on and thats what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 no no one dropped it i just turned it on and thats what happened If nobody dropped it then someone punched it. That's not a software problem, that's the lcd itself. It looks like it was damaged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBossSince88 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi, today I turned my laptop on and my screen looked like in the picture below, and I dunno whats wrong with it..can anyone diagnosis it? Looks like the LCD cracked under pressure. :) Might be a graphics issue, but it's the first I've seen of something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 31, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 31, 2010 It must have had some kind of impact. Someone may have stepped on it in the night, or something. The impact came from the top right side of the display, probably. It's broken, and no warranty will cover this. House insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Someone sat on the thing or it was dropped! That will never look like that unless it was physically damaged! Period! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 I really dont know what happened to it, it was my brothers laptop and he just turned it on one day and thats how it was he said. Would it be possible to use a regular monitor with the laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I really dont know what happened to it, it was my brothers laptop and he just turned it on one day and thats how it was he said. Would it be possible to use a regular monitor with the laptop? Yes, if the laptop has a vga port which I'm sure it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 like others have said, its cracked. the clean curves on the black areas combined with the lines in both directions and the quite obvious crack in the upper right corner give it away as being a cracked LCD. if it wasn't dropped, then it was sat on, or punched. the glossy layer on top of the actual screen glass is what is holding it together. otherwise you would have sharp pieces of glass everywhere and a nice mess of liquid crystal. if thats a 15.4 inch widecreen (looks like it) than $90 on ebay should easily get you a replacement LCD panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 alright well heres another problem i have, my lcd external monitor i have recently stopped working on me..i have no clue why, but when i connect it to the laptop the power button just blinks over and over again on the monitor and i dont know whats wrong, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 is this a serious question.. without a doubt. It looks like the laptop was dropped or punched/sat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 like others have said, its cracked the clean curves on the black areas combined with the lines in both directions and the quite obvious crack in the upper right corner give it away as being a cracked LCD. if it wasn't dropped, then it was sat on, or punched. if thats a 15.4 inch widecreen (looks like it) than $90 on ebay should easily get you a replacement LCD panel That Gateway looks old. Instead of wasting $90 for a replacement LCD panel and then paying extra to install it, I would just spend that money on a decent LCD screen. Otherwise, buying a new computer would be your best bet. It could be a hazard to keep using the laptop with a broken screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 connect the monitor to the laptop, turn the monitor on, then turn the laptop on thats a Gateway right? it should autodetect the external monitor. if not, press *reaches over for the Gateway i just built out of parts* Fn-F4 with the laptop and monitor both on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 alright well heres another problem i have, my lcd external monitor i have recently stopped working on me..i have no clue why, but when i connect it to the laptop the power button just blinks over and over again on the monitor and i dont know whats wrong, any ideas? Do you have the correct input selected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 yes i have the correct input connected, my external monitor's power button just keeps blinking every few seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hit either fn+F8 or Ctrl = F8 on the laptop when the monitor is connected. That may switch the laptop to external display mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 31, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 31, 2010 Yeah, you need to manually switch the display from LCD to External LCD. Key should be Fn+F4 on a Gateway keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 alright thanks that seemed to work lol. what about if i wanted to do it with my desktop though...the whole F4 option to change the display or whatever it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master1 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 dude this has happened to me before lol, the lcd screen has been physically damaged, get a new laptop and make life easy for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 lol **** that i got my external monitor to work that wasnt working about a few weeks ago and i tried that F4 option someone here said to try and the power button stopped blinking and just stayed solid and it was good from there..but how do I do that option for desktops, cause I wanna see if I can get this monitor back with my desktop, I'm usin a crappy 19'' non-widescreen monitor and my other one I thought was broke is a 21'' wide monitor lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 desktops are automatic in that sense if it isn't working on a desktop but another monitor is, there is a small possiblity that the monitor just doesn't like the desktop's video card it happens, very rarely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 its an onboard videocard in my desktop, i have a crappy gateway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstick68 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Is there anyway to make my external monitor startup when I turn the laptop on instead of the laptop screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts