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October 27th, 2006 15:00

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I have an Inspiron 9300.  Recently, a vertical line has appeared in the center of the display.  I am afraid it is a premonition of bad things to come.  Is my monitor/screen about to go out?
  • B_Coppins

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    Posted October 27th, 2006 16:00

    hook the laptop upto an external monitor, see if the line is still there.

    If the line is still there, it's a video card issue.
    If the line is not there, it's an LCD issue.
  • 9300Owner

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    Posted October 28th, 2006 13:00

    i guarantee it's an lcd issue. The 9300s are SO NOTORIOUS for bad screens, had mine replaced several times. They keep swapping it out for someone elses defective screen.
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    Posted October 28th, 2006 18:00

    I have alredi tried to connecting it to another monitor and it is fine therefore as you say, it is an lcd problem. So what should i do next?
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    Posted October 28th, 2006 18:00

    I have a dell inspiron 510m and today it displayed a vertical thin line right down the screen almost at the center. Is it lethal :P to my budget???
  • 9300Owner

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    Posted October 29th, 2006 19:00

    If you are out of warranty, they will forward you immediately to their out of warranty group, where they will schedule someone to come out and fix your lappy, and it will cost more than the laptop is worth, likely. The screen is a delicate operation, changed one out myself. It can be done, and you can get replacement screens for it, you will just have to be really careful on quality, LOTS and LOTS of bad screens being sold, new, for that laptop.
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    Posted July 3rd, 2007 08:00

    I have a Dell Inspiron 510m. Last week one coloured  thin vertical line appeared on the screen. Today I have three lines. 
    The Inspiron 9300 had similar problems and DELL admitted it was a quality issue and they replaced the LCD screens
     
    Does any 510m user have this problem ?? We can then ask DELL to replace our screens too ??