Need some help getting this laptop screen back online.
Need some help getting this laptop screen back online.
The host is the most important thing here, since I am finding it hard to get a full replacement for the screen. If someone has an answer for a fix, that would be awesome.
Looks pretty toast to me but I guess you could try opening it up if you haven't already and making sure the cable is plugged in all the way on both ends and not damaged. If fiddling with that has any effect at all then try replacing the cable.
Someone I know had a laptop that would pull it's cable out from the motherboard over time just by opening/closing the lid! (HP iirc)
This is a weird problem. I'm going to open it up this weekend. For about a year it has seemingly randomly done this. Opening and closing the lid doesn't seem to be the problem because I left it open for a couple of years with no issue. I posted here in hopes that there might have been a driver issue along the way. I'll poke around and see if I can see a hardware issue.
To be clear, if it he happened on and off that eliminates a bunch of potential causes. It is entirely possible this is just a loose ribbon cable or similar, though it could be a different kind of intermittent. Does it happen on an external monitor? What about a live USB? Both of those will isolate whether it is hardware or software to some degree.
But in seriousness, as a rule it’s not possible to unfuck a display matrix, only replace. The easiest temp solution is an external. The easiest long term solution, if the manufacturer is no longer selling the part, is saving alerts for parts-only listings of that laptop on sites like eBay.
Yeah. I have an external. I was just hoping that this community might be able to find something I couldn't. Best I have is that screenshot with the model number.
Oh, that sounds like a recent laptop, and ASUS laptops have high interoperability. I’m sure there are at least 3rd-party generics available.
Edit: like this for example https://ebay.com/itm/364157672993
You've already got excellent advice, but I'll add this to maybe save you some money.
Since you're replacing it anyway, go ahead and yank it and get the part number off the back. As Septimaeus said, it's likely used on several laptop models. Vendors always charge more when you're searching for the laptop model. Search instead for the monitor model. Also, try eBay and other vendors. You might be surprised at the cost differences after a little shopping.
Online? Looks like there are plenty of lines on there already.
I'd prefer a large series of interlacing lines at a specific refresh rate. I posted here because I thought there would be a high percentage of people that could maybe diagnose the issue. I don't think there is something like /c/laptopgore here.
Replace the flex cable.
While you’re in there pull the panel assembly out and take pictures of the model numbers.
Use aliexpress to find a panel when the flex cable replacement doesn’t fix it.