Inspiron 9300 LCD failure

[jephph]

Hello. I have an Inspiron 9300 laptop that started messing up recently. When I boot up, the bottom 3/4 or so of the screen are just a series of vertical lines. The top 1/4 is perfectly fine. Everything works normally, it's just that I can't see anything below the top 1/4 of the LCD. When I hook the laptop up to another display ( I hooked it up to a TV) everything works fine, so I'm assuming it's not a video card issue. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue. I'll probably end up taking it apart and seeing if there's a loose connection between the vid card and the lcd screen. But any tips are appreciated. Thanks.

 

[lamo]

please, post the photo of this LCD mess.

 

[mscrx]

this sounds like the lcd connector to me. if possible open the laptop so that you can reach the connector on the mainboard. many times its just loose. in a couple of cases it was the video chip. it worked on an external screen but not on the lcd. but the chances are good that it is just the connector