Screen artifacts on Laptop

[Waddadude]

Hi,

I'm an experienced Macintosh user, getting familiar with the Windows world, on a new Sony Vaio laptop. Model PCG-K13. I looked for a windows laptop newsgroup, but couldn't find one. Sorry.

The screen on the Sony is getting artfiacts. The look like pink horizontal bands, but the bands are actually composed of closely spaced short vertical lines. The bands can be anywhere from a millimeter high, to an inch or more. The are inconsistent. The se
em most noticeable on a blue screen. They never show up on a white screen. Moving the cursor around affects them as if the cursor were casting a shadow to the right. The machine is usable but it's annoying and will have to be fixed eventually.

Jiggling the screen, restarting, etc., doesn't make any difference.

I hope there is a user-fix. I don't want to go for a month without a laptop while the factory does warranty service.

Anybody know what's wrong. Anybody want to suggest a more suitable forum for inquiring?

Thanks in advance,

Tim Miller

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It sounds very much like a hardware flaw. Are these bands always
in the same location?

Bruce Chambers
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"Waddadude" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm an experienced Macintosh user, getting familiar with the Windows
world, on a new Sony Vaio laptop. Model PCG-K13. I looked for a
windows laptop newsgroup, but couldn't find one. Sorry.
>
> The screen on the Sony is getting artfiacts. The look like pink
horizontal bands, but the bands are actually composed of closely
spaced short vertical lines. The bands can be anywhere from a
millimeter high, to an inch or more. The are inconsistent. The seem
most noticeable on a blue screen. They never show up on a white
screen. Moving the cursor around affects them as if the cursor were
casting a shadow to the right. The machine is usable but it's annoying
and will have to be fixed eventually.
>
> Jiggling the screen, restarting, etc., doesn't make any difference.
>
> I hope there is a user-fix. I don't want to go for a month without a
laptop while the factory does warranty service.
>
> Anybody know what's wrong. Anybody want to suggest a more suitable
forum for inquiring?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tim Miller