SXGA+ screen dying on T60p 14"

[Thinkboy]

Hi,

My screen seems to be dying: it displays a pattern (dotted lines) of bright pixels on the left part of it. See picture to get an idea of what it looks like on a black background.
I plugged in an external monitor which works fine.
I can make the pattern disappear momentarily by flexing the upper left corner of the screen cover.

I was wondering whether all this shows that it is very likely that the lcd panel is dying, or is there a possibility that it is something else?

According to your experience, what is the most probable cause of this pattern?

Thanks for your help.

[ajkula66]

Might be the LCD cable, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

The panel itself is the most likely culprit.

[Utwig]

Might be cable, I also have 14" T60p and I just ordered new LCD cable as my works only at very low angles now.

Try opening up display and see if there is any change if you move / press the cable. Try reseating LCD cable. Once I'm done with swap, I can maybe send you my old non-working LCD cable (it may not solve your problem but if your problem is different you will at least know what to order).

Before diagnosing this I was thinking of ebaying exact 14" T60p to swap out parts between them and see if it's LCD, motherboard or something else and then ordering part to fix 2nd notebook.

[Thinkboy]

Hi,

I changed the cable and it did not help. I changed the screen and now it is fine.

Thanks for your input!