From: Alexander J. Annala (merlin_at_neuro.usc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 17 1997 - 12:58:03 EDT
>Subject: 701 going flaky ?
>2) What worries me more is that twice I've seen the top half of the
>screen (Dual Scan) show vertical colored stripes. They were about two
>to three pixels apart and a regular pattern of colors. The first time
>it went away the instant I pushed the screen to the back (to get a
>better view). The second time I switched from W95 (640x480x65k) to
>Bios (Fn-F1). The stripes disappeared partly, especially everywhere
>there was no text. This time, slightly twisting the screen (upper right
>hand corner forward, upper left hand corner backward and vice versa),
>once each way resolved the problem.
These are symptoms of loose or broken ribbon cable running between
motherboard and LCD display panel. Pretty easy (low cost) to fix.
I wouldn't go twisting parts which are not intended to be twisted;
this would be inviting other problems to develop. Get it fixed now.
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