Dell laptop screen problem.

[adenough]

My old Dell laptop has some vertical lines running down the screen. I've got a couple of others for spares. Anybody know what I need to change? Thanks.

 

[Jurassicspark]

Inspect the LVDS cable.
It runs from the board to the screen.
Could be loose or may need a new one.

 

[mattylad]

Out of curiosity, what laptop model & size is that?

 

[adenough]

Dell Latitude D520

 

[mattylad]

Ah ok cheers, not the one I have 11 replacement screens for then.
(the crap I try to rescue and rehome that just gets stored lol)

 

[adenough]

Yea. I've got 4 of these in various states. Just in case. Its on win 7 or XP. Just to run the old printer really. Everything else I seem to do on the phone.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Yea. I've got 4 of these in various states. Just in case. Its on win 7 or XP. Just to run the old printer really. Everything else I seem to do on the phone.

I was quite proud of myself when I got Win 10 up and running on one of these
It meant I could keep the old thing in use and connected to our corporate network.
Nice solid machine.

I'm afraid I can't add much about the screen, check cable connections etc, there are plenty of troubleshooting videos on YouTube.

Although given the laptops age, it may be worth gently checking the ribbon edge connection to the panel. Sometimes a little bit of pressure applied in the right place may get rid of the line, if you're lucky...