Re: Toshiba Tecra 8100 Laptop - LCD Screen or Inverter Fault?

["James" <jamesspam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Hi. My old Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop has developed this fault with one 
> whitish thin green line running vertically from top to bottom of screen on 
> the right hand side near to the middle of the LCD Screen and I am trying 
> to fathom out if this fault is to do with the LCD Screen itself or the 
> Inverter module so I know what to replace.
> I have already replace the laptop main board (due to a different fault) 
> but the laptop screen still has this vertical line there. So its not the 
> graphics chip at fault on the main board and also when I plug an external 
> monitor into the VGA port the line doesn't appear on the external monitor.
> Must be either Inverter or LCD Panel but which one????
> A video of the fault I have uploaded here on youtube so you can see 
> whereabouts it is and how the line looks like:

AIUI the inverter board provides the higher voltage required for the 
backlight.  The line you describe usually indicates a bad LCD.  Maybe it's 
time for a new laptop?