Strange lines on 19" Planar LCD

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Gawd
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I'm posting here hoping someone can tell me how the heck I can rid the screen of these putrid lines.
Long story short, this was a "throw-in" when I purchased a bunch of laptops from a private party. She told me that there was "A Line" on the right side of the screen.

When I turned it on for the first time, there appeared to be nothing wrong with the unit at all except a little bleeding towards the right side of the screen. I was searching for anything that would tell me about the unit, but could not find anything worthy of helping me. The strange thing I did see is the unit was selling for >$900 at a few places for some reason. I certainly wouldn't pay that much for a 20ms response.

Anyway, can one of your brilliant minds tell me what the heck is going on & what I might do to fix this?

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The little ribbons that connect the circuit board to the panel have broke loose in some places. There's no way to fix it. If the monitor is under warranty, then RMA it. If not, well, time for a new one.
 
The little ribbons that connect the circuit board to the panel have broke loose in some places. There's no way to fix it. If the monitor is under warranty, then RMA it. If not, well, time for a new one.

Thanks ryan!!

Like I said, I got it as a throw in, so it really cost me naught.

It's kinda strange that the first time I plugged it in & turned it on, the screen was fine for about the first 2 hours, then those lines appeared.

You think it might be possible that the connector is loose?
 
Well if it were me, and since it's just a freeibe, I'd take it apart to see if just maybe the manufacturer decided to use connectors on the panel instead of soldeing the cables directly on. It's a long shot though.

I suspect that the reason it didn't show up immediately is due to the panel being cold. As it heated up it broke more connections inside (or just pushed the cables out some more).
 
Well if it were me, and since it's just a freeibe, I'd take it apart to see if just maybe the manufacturer decided to use connectors on the panel instead of soldeing the cables directly on. It's a long shot though.

I suspect that the reason it didn't show up immediately is due to the panel being cold. As it heated up it broke more connections inside (or just pushed the cables out some more).

I'll be on it this week some time ryan, thank you!
 
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