On 15 Dec 2004 05:54:54 GMT, (FoulDragon) put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Just a cheaper-easier thought:

the ribbon cable from computer half to LCD half's a consistent weak link across
laptops. Check it. Is it frayed or loose or inconsistent?

Maybe you can replace it.

It's unlikely to be the graphics chip itself

The OP stated that the symptom also appears on an external monitor, so
it doesn't look like an internal cable fault. I'd suspect a VRAM
failure, as was already mentioned.


- Franc Zabkar
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