BillW50 wrote:
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Pete Zahut typed on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:42:46 +0100:
Got the above laptop and it's just developed a problem with the
screen/display - there's a 65mm column at the right-hand side of the
display that's gone dark. Applications open up properly and you can
see the whole width of the app, but it doesn't go the whole width of
the screen - sort of full display but not full screen if you see what
I mean. Also, don't know if it's relevant or not but the taskbar at
the bottom seems to be twice as tall as normal and isn't drag-able
back to it's usual size - cursor also distorts in this area.

I'm not explaining it very well, so have a look at this photo:

http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...nt=laptop1.jpg

At first I thought it may be a display driver issue but I've
uninstalled and reinstalled without success. I've also used a program
called #1-TuffTest Pro (http://www.tufftest.com/ttp01.htm) that is
self-booting, operating system independent and never goes anywhere
near Windows, but shows the same results, so I would say that that
rules out any Windows driver issues. Picture of that test he

http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...nt=laptop2.jpg

Any ideas what's wrong and how to fix it?

TIA,

Hi Pete! Wow that is weird. An external monitor I can see this
happening. Internal monitor, I never saw this. Any chance you can hook
it up to an external? I suspect the same result. Although you may
adjust it to display correctly. In either case, I believe you have to
take it in for service. It is still under warrantee, right?

I haven't as yet hooked it up to an external monitor, but will do later
today when I have chance, and let you know what I find. Unfortunately, it's
not in warranty so whatever it is, I'll have to pay for the repair if it's a
hardware fault (

Thanks Bill