Help !!! A horizontal line in my laptop screen

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"singpguy" <singpguy@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
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> Dear All,
>
> I am totally new to this group. I've been enjoying with my Sony Vaio
> (PGX F880)laptop for the past 3years with Win 2000 / Solaris 8 .
>
> Last week when i was working in my laptop, suddenly it draws a
> horizontal line from left to right (or other way too!) . I rebooted,
> but still i can able to see the line in BIOS screen also.
>
> Before going to be Sony Support, I thought I can throw my query to
> this group. Do you have any idea what could be the problem?. Do i need
> to take any first aid?? Did any faced such a issue? Pls. share your
> suggestions /ideas /experience.
>
> Regards
> Grp

It might be a loose connector for that grid, but that's remote; the
screen connector block on laptops is very tight. It is probably a
failure in the screen itself. You could open the case and check the
mainboard connection; you might get lucky; I would contact Sony support.
Good luck with that if it is not under warranty. Sony typically (from
reports) quotes a very high price for an LCD replacement out of
warranty.

Q