Laptop screen problems

[Dan]

my laptop, which is several years old (has a 750 mhz p3 processor that runs at 850 mhz) has a screen that is starting to bug out on me. the pixels are flickering to a redish pink color, it isnt making it so the screen is unreadable, but its just really annoying. also sometimes when i hit the side of the screen in just the right spot the flickering will stop for a while, then start again. is my screen dieing or is a connection loose, or whatever, i would like to hear any solutions you can think of, except for buy a new laptop, because this one works just fine for what it is used for, and i dont have the money at the time. oh ya, the laptop runs windows xp pro if that makes a difference. thx

[FrogMan]

sounds like old age to me unfortunately.. you haven't had a magnet next to it recently or a pair of hi-fi speakers for a extended period of time?

[yes.interesting]

i dunno if you can degauss on a laptop monitor, but if you can, try doing that. It should be under the monitor's options.

[5|*42]

Either old age or a loose plug. If you have a small local computer repair shop, see what they can do/know about it. And you can't degauss LCD monitors (which is too bad becuase that's fun to do :p)

[Tool]

Back up the files you have your hard drive and get a new laptop.

[5|*42]

I just got an iBook G3 from eBay for 376 shipped (shipping was 20 ><). Should get here soon, can't wait

[Dan]

well the most i would have for a new one is $160, so ya doubt i'll find one for that, oh well like i said its more of a nusance, i'll live with it till it dies, then have my parents get me the new alienware laptop i just saw today (THEY FINALLY SWITCHED TO AMD) and tell her its for school

[5|*42]

If you care, you should be able to find a replacement screen on eBay, and it doubt it would be too terribly hard to fix. Or you could just wait and get the Alienware.

[goldentorch22]

If there are white dots on your screen it would be that pixels are missing, Your problem however seems to be a loose connection. Take a screw driver and remove the top panel off your LCD, and reconnect the cable. That will most likely fix the problem. If your looking for a cheap solution, buy a monitor and connect it to the back of your laptop, switch the display to external and use the other monitor. But it really sounds like a loose connection. Also laptops cant be degauss'd.

[5|*42]

LCDs period can't be degaussed, like I said. Although my mom has a really old laptop with a CRT in it, so I guess you could degauss that laptop :p