Dark vertical shadow on screen

My laptop has suddenly developed a dark streak down the center of the screen. It's just like a shadow about 2 inches wide where the screen isn't as bright as the rest. I can see through it OK, but it's annoying. Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks

Hi Ladyg,

Is your Laptop new? has it a current warranty?

Give us more to work with, what model especially and more specifications.

You could download SIW.exe which would tell you about your Laptop in detail. Scroll down on the site and "download 3k mirror recommended".

Please post back with more information about you system.

kind regards,

It is most likely the inverter. They cost from about $66 to $130, and take about 1 hour of experienced labor to replace. But, as tallin suggests, if under warranty, that is your first call.

Thanks, Tallin and Digerati, for your replies.

Unfortunately my laptop is three years old and out of warranty. I downloaded SIW.exe as you recommended, and here is what it detected…

System:

Property Value
Manufacturer Gateway
Product Name 4025GZ
Version 53.01.03
Serial Number N8053 A10 31806
Machine Type AT/AT COMPATIBLE
Infrared (IR) Supported No
DMI System UUID 801109F7-67640010-81200000-00005F64
UUID F7091180-6467-1000-8120-000000005F64

Disk Space Disk C: 20 GB Available, 33 GB Total, 20 GB Free
Disk E: 0 MB Available, 89 MB Total, 0 MB Free

Physical Memory 223 MB Total, 38 MB Free
Memory Load 82%

Virtual Memory 542 MB Total, 199 MB Free

PageFile Name \??\C:\pagefile.sys
PageFile Size 333 MB
In use 211 MB
Max used 222 MB
Registry Size 7 MB (current), 59 MB (maximum)

Profile GUID {862d88c0-f713-11d8-808a-806d6172696f}

The system clock interval 10 ms


Video:

Property Value

Number of GPUs 2
Number of GPUs in SLI mode 206
Display Adapter Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Video Processor Intel® 82852/55 Graphics Controller
Video memory size 64 MBytes
Adapter DAC Type Internal
BIOS String Hardware Version 0.0
BIOS Date 02/03/20
Display Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.3762
Driver Date 2004-02-10 18:17:06
Inf File Name oem3.inf
Inf Section iMGM

Display Adapter Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Video Processor Intel® 82852/55 Graphics Controller
Video memory size 64 MBytes
Adapter DAC Type Internal
Display Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.3762
Driver Date 2004-02-10 18:17:06
Inf File Name oem3.inf
Inf Section iMGM

Name Intel® 82852/55 GM/GME Controller
Chip Type Intel® 82852/55 Graphics Controller
DAC Type Internal
Memory 64 MBytes


Monitor:

Property Value
Monitor Name Digital Flat Panel (1024x768)
Monitor ID MS_0003
Manufacturing Date 2002, Week 0
Input Digital
Current Resolution 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz - Aspect Ratio 4:3
EDID Version 1 revision 3
DPMS Mode Support Active Off, Suspend, Standby

Monitor Name Default Monitor


Please let me know if you need more information. Thanks!

ladyg

To help narrow down things a bit, try connecting your laptop to an external VDU and see how you go Regards paws