Forget about the symptom - How do I take this thing apart? I removed the 3 screws in the corners, removed the battery an 4 more screws (under the battery). Some sides don't want to pry apart. Toshiba Satellite Pro Model PA1230U XCD Laptop -- Best regards, Bil Green PC 1000 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-924-1000 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 8:06:39 PM, you wrote: BG> Toshiba Satellite Pro BG> Model PA1230U XCD BG> Laptop BG> Just bought a used Toshiba laptop and as soon as I turn it on the only BG> display is dozens of vertical lines BG> Some very thin, all different colors. I figure it may be that the BG> cable between the board and the LCD is defective. We work mostly on BG> desktop PCs and haven't done any hardware repairs on laptops yet. BG> I figure this is common (since the display cable must swivel every BG> time it's opened). BG> Any help is appreciated ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/