Thanks Jerry, I did that right away (mentioned that in an earlier e-mail) and everything was fine. Only LCD has problem. Difficult to know if it's the display, cable or interface board (mobo to cable). -- Best regards, Bil Green PC 1000 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-924-1000 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, June 3, 2004, 8:56:23 PM, you wrote: JS> If it has a connector for an external monitor, suggest you hook one up and JS> see what happens. JS> Jerry Silverman JS> Greentron Inc JS> 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 JS> 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 JS> greentron@xxxxxxx JS> ----- Original Message ----- JS> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> JS> To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> JS> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:06 PM JS> Subject: [TechAssist] Toshiba LAPTOP - Nothing but Vertical LINES >> Toshiba Satellite Pro >> Model PA1230U XCD >> Laptop >> >> Just bought a used Toshiba laptop and as soon as I turn it on the only >> display is dozens of vertical lines >> >> Some very thin, all different colors. I figure it may be that the >> cable between the board and the LCD is defective. We work mostly on >> desktop PCs and haven't done any hardware repairs on laptops yet. >> >> I figure this is common (since the display cable must swivel every >> time it's opened). >> >> Any help is appreciated >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> >> Bil Green >> PC 1000 >> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 >> 760-924-1000 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- JS> --- >> Lost Password: >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> Email Archives: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ JS> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JS> Lost Password: JS> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". JS> Email Archives: JS> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/