XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.windows7.general   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 01/08/2024 19:33, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   > On Thu, 8/1/2024 9:35 AM, Folderol wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 14:30:26 +0100   
   >> Java Jive  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> I've already thought of that, a screenshot taken with  or   
   >>>  when viewed on another PC is free of the fault.   
   >>   
   >> The it's *definitely* either screen and/or screen connecting cable   
   >   
   > This could be the screen connecting cable.   
      
   I think it was (note the past tense) ...   
      
   It occurred to me that I still have a spare unattached M6300 screen, so,   
   assuming that they would have the same connectors at each end and   
   therefore I could test the screen and cable separately, I started to   
   dismantle the lid while it was still on the base.  This was unwise,   
   because too late I discovered that the lid is constructed in such a way   
   as that it can only be completely dismantled when detached from the   
   base, because there is a screw hidden under each hinge cover which is   
   only accessible after the hinge cover has been removed, and this can   
   only be done with the lid removed from the base.  As a consequence, I   
   broke the plastic attachment point of one of them through not realising   
   this, so now I need a new lid, but have already found and ordered one   
   that looks right for less than a tenner on eBay, which I was happy to do   
   because that seems cheap by comparison with needing a new LCD which was   
   what I expected to prove, but instead I ended up proving the opposite.   
      
   When finally I got to it, the screen end of the connection cable is   
   entirely different from the M6300 one, so I was forced after all to   
   dismantle the main PC which I had been trying to avoid, only to find   
   that the motherboard end was different as well.  However, when instead   
   of my planned test I just attached the Inspiron screen floating free on   
   the desk back to the motherboard and switched on, there was no hint of   
   green, no problem in fact, and so it remained for several hours, even   
   when I tried moving the cable and the screen about on the desk.   
      
   As I did not dare to try to disconnect the screen end of the cable,   
   because it looked complicated and was covered with "Don't touch!"   
   stickers, but I did remove and replace the motherboard end, my best   
   guess now is that the motherboard end of the cable, through a process of   
   heating up and cooling down, had walked itself partly out of its   
   connecting socket.  Supposedly this should have been prevented by it   
   being held in place by sticky tape, but maybe that allows some creep   
   when it warms up.   
      
   However that may be, hopefully when the replacement plastic arrives I'll   
   be able to restore the laptop to a fully working state.   
      
   Thanks to all who've given help and advice along the way.   
      
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