I have a Dell Inspiron 8600. Just a week ago, I noticed a random purple line going vertically down the screen, it appears over everything (browsers and so on). I didn't think much of it, until a yellow line showed up. Now there are six lines, from purple to yellow. They're thin lines, so I can still see what I'm doing, but I'm afraid that they will eventually fill the screen. How can I fix this? What causes this so that I can prevent it?
2007-10-10 10:39:06 · 4 answers · asked by kerr 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I don't have a clue what the problem is but I do know that if I was having this problem, the first thing I would do is contact Dell. They offer pretty good support, have reps you can "chat" with, and have a community forum where you can "talk" to other Dell users. Before you make contact, get out your order number, serial number of laptop, model, customer number - anything to identify you as a valid user.
http://support.dell.com/
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/?~ck=mn
2007-10-10 10:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the link below and choose your operating system, then choose video and download and install the newest driver for your graphics card. you can find out what kind you have by going to your device manger and clicking Display Adapters it will drop down and show you the graphics card you have.
2007-10-10 11:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by K O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly have a similar difficulty. i had to get it fixed, they advised me I could desire to alter the reveal screen. i concept i had to do something with the settings, seems to be the reveal screen is broken
2016-10-21 23:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by joleen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you have vista? it happend to me when i got vista lol the way i sorted it out was putting my picture as backgroung then making the purple be bblack instead of purple
2007-10-10 10:42:56 · answer #4 · answered by athar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋