Ok guys any help you could lend on this issue would be much appreciated.
My brother has a laptop that is about 1 1/2 years old. The display in it has recently been having some issues with an occasional "flickering" in and out.
We also connected laptop to external monitor w/ VGA, and couldn't replicate issue. This leads me to believe it's not software/driver related. The problem also seems to be getting worse as time goes on, and it seems to happen especially when the lid is closed. Additionally, slightly jarring the laptop seems to promote the issue as well.
Taking all this into account, it almost seems to me like the display cable connecting the display to the motherboard is either going bad, or has simply started working it's way loose, and I'm leaning towards the latter.
Any thoughts on this? From your experience would you guys say looking into the display cable is my best first step? Thanks again! -Dave
My brother has a laptop that is about 1 1/2 years old. The display in it has recently been having some issues with an occasional "flickering" in and out.
We also connected laptop to external monitor w/ VGA, and couldn't replicate issue. This leads me to believe it's not software/driver related. The problem also seems to be getting worse as time goes on, and it seems to happen especially when the lid is closed. Additionally, slightly jarring the laptop seems to promote the issue as well.
Taking all this into account, it almost seems to me like the display cable connecting the display to the motherboard is either going bad, or has simply started working it's way loose, and I'm leaning towards the latter.
Any thoughts on this? From your experience would you guys say looking into the display cable is my best first step? Thanks again! -Dave