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Moniter "Dead Zone"
My Acer laptop has a white triangle in the corner of the screen (20%).
Nothing appears or works in this dead zone. Acer support keeps asking questions, but only gives basic ideas like "restart" or repower, etc., I haven't added any programs or encountered any problems,etc., It just appeared a week ago. Everything seems to work, but that lower right hand corner is "dead." |
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"JR" wrote in message ... My Acer laptop has a white triangle in the corner of the screen (20%). Nothing appears or works in this dead zone. Acer support keeps asking questions, but only gives basic ideas like "restart" or repower, etc., I haven't added any programs or encountered any problems,etc., It just appeared a week ago. Everything seems to work, but that lower right hand corner is "dead." It probably has nothing to do with Windows, but. . . Is the dead zone there as soon as you turn the notebook on? If you go into BIOS, does the whole screen show? If 'no', then you have a dead spot on your LCD panel and the only fix is a replacement. Do a Google search for your particular model and see what a replacement LCD costs. It may be cheaper in the long run to buy a new laptop. If it is still under warranty, get an RMA from Acer and send it back for repair. If you go that route, make sure you do a complete backup of your hard drive since the first thing any of the companies do is wipe it and start over. SC Tom |
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Moniter "Dead Zone"
On Sep 25, 7:52*am, "SC Tom" wrote:
"JR" wrote in message ... My Acer laptop has a white triangle in the corner of the screen (20%). Nothing appears or works in this dead zone. Acer support keeps asking questions, but only gives basic ideas *like "restart" or repower, etc., I haven't added any programs or encountered any problems,etc., It just appeared a week ago. Everything seems to work, but that lower right hand corner is "dead." It probably has nothing to do with Windows, but. . . Is the dead zone there as soon as you turn the notebook on? If you go into BIOS, does the whole screen show? If 'no', then you have a dead spot on your LCD panel and the only fix is a replacement. Do a Google search for your particular model and see what a replacement LCD costs. It may be cheaper in the long run to buy a new laptop. If it is still under warranty, get an RMA from Acer and send it back for repair. If you go that route, make sure you do a complete backup of your hard drive since the first thing any of the companies do is wipe it and start over. SC Tom Thanks for the info. I actually could live with just that corner being unusable on this machine, but what is the chance that area will enlarge? |
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"JR" wrote in message ... On Sep 25, 7:52 am, "SC Tom" wrote: "JR" wrote in message ... My Acer laptop has a white triangle in the corner of the screen (20%). Nothing appears or works in this dead zone. Acer support keeps asking questions, but only gives basic ideas like "restart" or repower, etc., I haven't added any programs or encountered any problems,etc., It just appeared a week ago. Everything seems to work, but that lower right hand corner is "dead." It probably has nothing to do with Windows, but. . . Is the dead zone there as soon as you turn the notebook on? If you go into BIOS, does the whole screen show? If 'no', then you have a dead spot on your LCD panel and the only fix is a replacement. Do a Google search for your particular model and see what a replacement LCD costs. It may be cheaper in the long run to buy a new laptop. If it is still under warranty, get an RMA from Acer and send it back for repair. If you go that route, make sure you do a complete backup of your hard drive since the first thing any of the companies do is wipe it and start over. SC Tom Thanks for the info. I actually could live with just that corner being unusable on this machine, but what is the chance that area will enlarge? ================= Chances are eventually the whole thing will die (everything does), but how far down the road it will happen is anyone's guess. Personally, though, if 1/5 of my screen was dead, it would bug the heck out of me. SC Tom |
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Moniter "Dead Zone"
"JR" wrote in message ... My Acer laptop has a white triangle in the corner of the screen (20%). Nothing appears or works in this dead zone. Acer support keeps asking questions, but only gives basic ideas like "restart" or repower, etc., I haven't added any programs or encountered any problems,etc., It just appeared a week ago. Everything seems to work, but that lower right hand corner is "dead." If it's under warranty, get it replaced. The screen is pretty much the most expensive component of a laptop. At worst, you might have to take it to a service center to have them look at and confirm that the display is defective. HTH -pk |
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