How To Get Rid Of Screen Lines On a Laptop

You're working on your laptop one day when you when these strange lines appear across your screen? If you're thinking it's a ghost interfering with your screen, not to worry! It's not! The cause of those  spooky lines  is a result of a malfunction of the video cable connection to the LCD screen. This problem can be fixed but to do that we're gonna have to disassemble the display screen first. Let me show you how to get rid of screen lines on a laptop

Things You'll Need For This Exercise

• Just a flat-head screw driver.

First, Disassembly of the Laptop Screen

 Remove The Rubber Seals

First remove the rubber seals  covering the screws on the  screen's upper frame using a flathead screwdriver. Then remove the screws and slowly separate the frame from the screen with your fingers. You then  release the plastic latches holding the frame and then remove the frame.

 Remove The Screens Holding  The Support Brackets

Next, remove the screens holding  the support brackets. You should see the video cable attached to the back of the display screen. Now  unplug and re-plug the cable to ascertain whether the cable is seated properly....This should determine whether the  the video cable is the cause of the screen line problem.

Next Diagnosing  The Problem

Turn on The Laptop

First, turn on the laptop. Then move the video cable around a bit and check the screen to see whether the display image has changed at all. If there is a change, then  the problem is from the video cable. Next move the laptop screen around to check whether the display is also affected here as well. If it is affected , the video cable may be the culprit here as well .

Finally, move the laptop screen around to  check whether the screen is affecting the display. If so, the problem could be from the laptop  screen itself and may need replacing.  You then   go down to Amazon.com if you need a new laptop screen.

Well, that's a wrap on How To Fix  Laptop Screen Lines"." Hopefully this post would have you diagnose your LCD problems. Next time we'll touch on how to replace a laptop screen.

Till then take care

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How To Repair A Virus-Infected Laptop

You know, it 's quite fun browsing online..You get  to see the world at the click of a mouse . It's even more fun when you're browsing on your laptop as you can do that on the go... However,  the internet is also  full of those annoying bugs called viruses and other malicious malware.....These viruses are deadly programs written by bored hackers who have nothing else to do than wreak havoc on people's lives.  These viruses can  shut down your system, causing you to lose all your information. The good news is you can catch the virus on time and treat it at the same time. Here is how to repair a virus-infected laptop :

Things Needed For This Exercise

• Antivirus Software
• Internet Connectivity
• Firewall Software

Now onward:

Get Your Infected Laptop Off The Internet
Get your infected laptop off the internet network that you subscribe to.  This will help curb the spread of the virus and prevent others from being infected as well. If your laptop has a built in wireless feature, turn it off as well..If you have anti-virus software on your laptop run it get rid of the virus. Keep it running until your system reports that the laptop is clean

• If you don't have anti-virus I suggest you purchase either Bit Defender Antivirus Plus
   or AVG Anti-Virus.   You can  download the software on  another PC and then install it on your infected laptop.Once your system says your laptop is free of the virus, you can then reconnect to the internet and continue browsing. Make sure you regularly get  latest updates of the antivirus so as to make it more effective when you run it again.

Install Firewall Software

To prevent future infections, install firewall software such as ZoneAlarm Pro 5 Firewall   or Comodo Firewall .  If you have one installed  firewall software already installed on your laptop,   fair enough.

Well, that's a wrap on "How  To Repair A Virus-Infected Laptop." Hopefully this post will help ease your  virus problems..

Till then take care

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How To Test A Laptop's Hard Drive Health

There are times when you need to test  a laptop hard drive's health. After making the hard drive go full throttle for so long, it may start showing wear and tear. A laptop's hard drive is designed to run according to its manufacturer's specifications. There are several factors that determine a hard drive's health such as speed, drive size, bad blocks, seek time, error rates and so on. These factors are measured  by SMART or System Monitoring Analysis or Reporting Technology. And you can also use available  software utilities to access the laptop's smart data to regularly report the laptop's status and to allow you of imminent danger. Here is how to test a laptop's hard drive's health.

Install Diagnostic Utility

First  install Knoppix  (a highly recommended diagnostic utility on your hard disk). Start the utility, and  follow the instructions for running the test and save the results. Each test should compare the test results as against the manufacturer's specifications and indicate whether the results are within normal range or there is cause to worry. Let's say the test detects bad disk blocks or unusable sectors Knoppix marks the SMART data to prevent programs writing to the data.

Go Over Results
Go over the results again.  The report has a numeric rating ranging from 1 (low) to 253(high).  If the rating is high, the hard disk is in good shape. But if it's low, the disk needs help.  Keep note of ratings that are far out of range and pay special attention to ratings indicating imminent danger such as high temperature, high error rates, and large percentage of bad disk blocks. If the out of range indications are too many, it's time to back up the data and fix the hard disk.

Well. that's a wrap for "How To Test A Laptop's Hard Drive Health." This tutorial was short and sweet but shouldn't be too difficult to handle. 

Till then take care

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