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Corrupted background
The_Good_Fairy
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Hi, my laptop is poorly, the display seems to be corrupted. It doesn't change when you move the lid. I have tried many things culminating in a full system restore today, nothing has worked. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas? I'm not very technical.
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Just thought, maybe it appears normal here? Lol dont know. It's 8 days out of it warranty, how annoying is that! Any ideas would be appreciated before I take it in for repair tomorrow.
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Just thought, maybe it appears normal here? Lol dont know. It's 8 days out of it warranty, how annoying is that! Any ideas would be appreciated before I take it in for repair tomorrow.
"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."- Samuel Butler
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what's wrong, specifically? the images do look fine to meUtinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0
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Ah I was worried that would happen. It's hard to describe, the colours flicker, where 2 colours meet, they meet as a load of lines. Its blurred and the fonts are all chunky and fuzzy. Its like the resolution is wrong but I've checked that and it makes no difference."The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."- Samuel Butler0
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plug a real monitor into the lappy, see if there's the same problem. i'd suggest the display driver (you've done a full system restore, so not that) resolution (checked) colour depth (v. unlikely to be an issue) or its broken
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Thanks tony, good plan, will give it a try
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