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    Dell Inspirion i1520 - Screen split by white line, duplicated screen

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Novaspirit, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. Novaspirit

    Novaspirit Newbie

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    Hi,

    Like the title states, I'm using a Dell Inspiron i1520. My screen is stuck at 800 resolution, and I can't change it. The screen has a slight staticy condition, very light. And the screen is split in half, but not really in half, more like 55 and 45...

    Anyways, it's split by a very thing white line. I can't change the resolution, as stated. I've tried rebooting and I updated my nVidia driver to no avail. I haven't messed with any of the hardware components. This happened this morning when I turned it on. Last night, I was moving it back and forth from one room to another, so maybe something got loosened.

    I think that is all the information I can provide, thank you for the help.
     
    Novaspirit, Jan 19, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Could be a GPU failing/failure, but these definitely aren't the traditional symptoms. Try re-seating the display connector? What happens on an external display?
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 19, 2010
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