DELL laptop monitor blemish- What do I do now?

[ChrisGreaves]

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About two weeks ago a thin green line appeared (and remains) on my screen.
The line appears to be two to four pixels wide, and shows up as a green (It's hard for me to tell whether it is pale, lime etc).

I am thinking that some component has burnt out, maybe a handfull of transistors measuring about two microns across, that us, unfixable.

I have owned this laptop less than three years but must confess to leaving it running pretty well 24/7, say 22,000 hours (how's my mental arithmetic?).

I suspect that the most common reply to my question "What do I do now?" is going to be:-
"Just go and buy a new laptop, Chris, and this time make sure that you buy one with a Break key so that you can use Ctrl-Break in the event you make a programming error"

That is to say, I can be easily be persuaded to buy a new laptop.
(signed) "On The Blink" of Toronto.

P.S. Rudi, I will set up a special thread in Scuttlebut titled "Comparative Intelligences" just for you

[Rudi]

A selfie, nice! But who's the entity on the right?

PS: If it was a thin blue line, you could ask Rowan Atkinson to help out!

[Rudi]

On a serious note...

See: http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo ... t/19492291
And also this informative article: How to Fix Vertical Lines on Laptop / Television / Computer Screen

[ChrisGreaves]

On a serious note...

¡Muchas gracias Amigo!
Por favor, ¿Cómo se dice “I’ll have a shot at unscrewing the laptop when I get home” en espagñol?

[John Gray]

Por favor, ¿Cómo se dice “I’ll have a shot at uncrewing the laptop when I get home” en espagñol?

I think it goes something like: me gustaría tener a alguien competente para hacerlo por usted!

[DaveA]

Chris,
What is "uncrewing" and how is it done?

[HansV]

You need a crewdriver for that...

[StuartR]

You just need to chuck all the sailors off your boat

[Rudi]

I'd also recommend to not do the crewdriving on your lap but rather on a table

Oh, and BTW, for your next post, here is an extra "s" if you need one!

[ChrisGreaves]

I think it goes something like: me gustaría tener a alguien competente para hacerlo por usted!

Thanks John!
Got it!!
I'll take it to the little man up the street this afternoon.
A second line has appeared, blue, about 1/8 of an inch to the right of the green.

[ChrisGreaves]

Chris, What is "uncrewing" and how is it done?

Alright.
AllRight!!
Maybe I shouldn't have added so much vodka; it appears to have unbalanced my screwdriver ...

[DaveA]

Or you drank to many of the screwdrivers!

[ChrisGreaves]

Or you drank to many of the screwdrivers!

Aye me hearty! There's many a lip twixt the scuppers and the ship ...