Vertical strip on the monitor - how to remove?

Compared with a personal computer, on laptops it is much more difficult to understand why a vertical bar appeared on the monitor, how to remove it, since almost the entire structure is one. This is a very nasty problem. It seems that you do not always use a laptop, and you handle it carefully, but the problem still arises. Let's find out the causes of its occurrence, as well as ways to deal with it.

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Causes of stripes on the screen

Stripes (including multi-colored) on the laptop screen can appear for various reasons:

• Damage (poor contact, kink) of the loop from the matrix to the device board.
• Failure of the matrix itself (only replacement will help here).
• Faulty video card (repair or replacement of the video card is sometimes possible).
• Faulty motherboard (often due to overheating of components).

The forecast is disappointing: in almost all cases, repairs are required in the service center. At home, you can only replace the video card, and then - if it is not built-in. Individual “Kulibins” may try to replace the matrix or the loop with their own hands, but it is worth considering many nuances, which we will discuss below. In any case, you will need to pick up the failed components, and we all described them in detail in the article “To assemble a laptop is a simple matter”.

Important! On your own, you can only remove the video card driver, and then install it again, although this is unlikely to help.

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Finding the cause of the problem

Before you remove the vertical stripes on the screen of a computer or laptop monitor, first you need to try to determine by eye the cause of the malfunction:

1. For the initial diagnosis of the cause of the occurrence of stripes on the laptop monitor screen, you will need a regular monitor that should be connected to the laptop. If the image on this monitor is excellent, without artifacts and stripes, then the problem lies in the loop or matrix. If the monitor also has stripes, then you will have to repair or replace the video card or motherboard.
2. Checking the reaction of the matrix to physical impact: try with two hands, how to bend and unscrew the screen, and also try to slightly press on it with your finger - of course, without fanaticism. If the stripes change, it means that the loop or matrix is ​​faulty.
3. Please note if the strips disappear or change when you open and close the lid of the laptop. Try it both fast and slow. Changes in either direction indicate a malfunction of the loop of the matrix.

Important! It is worth considering that stripes and broken pixels are completely different problems. Therefore, if you have a similar phenomenon, read our separate review about color and black spots on the monitor and how to eliminate them.

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How can I visually identify the cause of the malfunction?

The matrix of the mobile computer needs to be replaced if:

• Vertical stripes appear and disappear during torsion and bending of the screen, and everything is fine on the external monitor.
• Only one side of the screen works, while the second is completely white or with other artifacts (or a wide white bar in any part of the matrix).
• On the screen there is a characteristic ripple.
• On the screen there are multi-colored stripes.
• When the matrix is ​​bent, the picture is blurred.
• All colors are displayed in negative, that is, black in white and white in black.

Important! Repair or replacement of the matrix is ​​needed if there are many different colored lines on the screen or the image is rippling, streaking and flickering, but when the laptop lid moves, the picture changes. At the same time, an external monitor works without problems.

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What to do with a failed loop?

So what to do if the cause of the problem is a broken cable?

1. Give it to a service center.
2. Search on the Internet or in the market for the same cable for the same matrix model, but this is unlikely, due to the wide range of names.
3. Try to repair the old cable. To do this, you will need a soldering iron, MGTF wire, a regular tester and electronic engineer skills. The essence of the repair is to find a tattered loop conductor using a tester, with its subsequent replacement with a new one. New MGTF postings should be thrown over the top of the old and soldered from both ends.

Important! You can use ordinary thin and copper strong wires - just MGTF the most common. They can be bought in stores and on radio markets.

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What to do with a faulty motherboard or graphics card?

In the event of a faulty motherboard or integrated video card, the laptop will have to be repaired. This is an expensive pleasure, so be sure to ask for an agreement on the repair price.

If the video chip malfunctions, you can be offered three options for “treatment”:

1. Warming up the chip is the cheapest option, but there is no guarantee that it will help, moreover, a malfunction can then arise again.
2. Reballing a chip is a more expensive way, but with a faulty chip, this option gives a 99% successful outcome.
3. A complete chip replacement is also 99% success, but this option is much more expensive than reballing, and it's not a fact that replacing a chip is really necessary.

Important! The motherboard could fail due to overheating, due to oxidation of the contacts, or it might rust a little due to, for example, spilled coffee. Repair options are the same as in the case of the video card, plus some additional measures.

If the problem turned out to be global, and besides, your computer model is already obsolete, it makes sense to think about buying a new one. Here, to help you, we offer the following reviews:

• Rating Budget Laptops.
• Rating laptop transformers.
• The best gaming laptops.

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Thus, in this article we examined the question of how to remove stripes on a computer monitor. Stripes can be vertical, horizontal and color: red, green, white, blue, black. Such a problem is not uncommon, therefore, it is advisable for every laptop user to know why it may arise and why, as well as how to fix it.