In article <4a563c96$0$14992$796edc2@news.usenetserver.com> , malarky
says...
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> I've got exactly the same fault with my beloved 5920g as you had... one
> day the screen just seemed to be squeezed into part of the TFT. All of the
> desktop is displayed but a fair portion of the screen is black down one
> side. I was massively relieved to see you had found a solution, but having
> looked for a cable in the UK and failed... I'm starting to lose hope.
>
> Any suggestions for where I can track one down, and what the procedure is
> to replace it?
>
Ebay. Just getting one in to do next week.

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Hi Pete I have an acer 5630 with the exact same problem. what did you search for on ebay for the cable? I looked and see numerous acer LCD cables but am not sure which to get. also how hard was it to get take out and replace the cable, mainly the part that attaches to the motherboard as I have taken out the LCD and tried unplugging and plugging back in the cable on the LCD but it made no difference. Thanks!

Hi Jan,
did replacing the cable fix your problem as well?

undisclosed wrote:
> Pete Zahut;1497604 Wrote:
>> Fixer wrote:
>>> "Pete Zahut" <dont@bother> wrote in message
>>> news:9qidnbzMK-EsA2zUnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> Paul wrote:
>>>>> Pete Zahut wrote:
>>>>>> Got the above laptop and it's just developed a problem with the
>>>>>> screen/display - there's a 65mm column at the right-hand side of
>>>>>> the display that's gone dark. Applications open up properly and
>>>>>> you can see the whole width of the app, but it doesn't go the
>>>>>> whole width of the screen - sort of full display but not full
>>>>>> screen if you see what I mean. Also, don't know if it's relevant
>>>>>> or not but the taskbar at the bottom seems to be twice as tall as
>>>>>> normal and isn't drag-able back to it's usual size - cursor also
>>>>>> distorts in this area. I'm not explaining it very well, so have a
>>>>>> look at this photo:
>>>>>> 'Laptop - faulty screen? picture by darkdoo - Photobucket'
>>>>>> (http://tinyurl.com/m4k86h)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At first I thought it may be a display driver issue but I've
>>>>>> uninstalled and reinstalled without success. I've also used a
>>>>>> program called #1-TuffTest Pro ('#1-TuffTEST-Pro(tm) PC
>>>>>> Diagnostic
>> - Product Description' (http://www.tufftest.com/ttp01.htm))
>>>>>> that is self-booting, operating system independent and never goes
>>>>>> anywhere near Windows, but shows the same results, so I would say
>>>>>> that that rules out any Windows driver issues. Picture of that
>>>>>> test here:
>>>>>> 'Laptop 2 picture by darkdoo - Photobucket'
>>>>>> (http://tinyurl.com/ns6lgf)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas what's wrong and how to fix it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you done a graphics driver update recently ?
>>>>
>>>> No - uninstalled and reinstalled driver to try to fix the problem,
>>>> but not updated.
>>>>
>>>>> It looks like a mismatch, between the actual LCD panel,
>>>>> and what the software thinks it is driving.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I'd agree with you there Paul - except for the fact that I've
>>>> even used the Recovery CD/Partition to restore the laptop to the
>>>> state it was in when it left the factory and the display is still
>>>> faulty even then.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok the way to tell if its hardware or software causing the problem
>>> is when the machine starts to boot drop into the BIOS whatever it is
>>> for your laptop, F2 for Dells , Del for some others but anyway
>>> whatever it is for your machine. If the problem is there in when you
>>> look in the BIOS its the LCD panel or Cable or Motherboard port. IF
>>> it's not there then it's a driver/application, error. Of course you
>>> could also connect it to an external monitor and again if its there
>>> then its the grapghics card or motherboard port or software/drivers
>>> and if its not there then it's the LCD or cable
>>
>> Fixer, I owe you a pint - a £12GBP secondhand LCD cable from Ebay
>> sorted the
>> problem. Thanks very much mate, and to all who took the time to try
>> and help
>>> o)
>>
>> Pete
> Hi Pete I have an acer 5630 with the exact same problem. what did you
> search for on ebay for the cable? I looked and see numerous acer LCD
> cables but am not sure which to get. also how hard was it to get take
> out and replace the cable, mainly the part that attaches to the
> motherboard as I have taken out the LCD and tried unplugging and
> plugging back in the cable on the LCD but it made no difference.
> Thanks!

Well, I just searched for Acer Aspire 5630 and found an LCD cable :o)

Just looked on fleabay now and found this http://tinyurl.com/leeqoa It's not
from the same guy I got mine from but it is the right one ( mine has a label
with DC020007O00 on it - in fact, full details on label are: HBL51/HBL50
15.4" WXGA, DC020007O00, MEC Rev 2.1, 2006/10/06).

A destruction manual can be downloaded from here
http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-lapto...uals/#toc-acer There's a
flowchart in the manual - just follow the right-hand side of it from Start
to LCD module.

HTH,

Pete

Hi Mark,

All I can say is Ebay for the cable and then download a manual from here

http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-lapto...uals/#toc-acer

HTH,

Pete

malarky wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> I've got exactly the same fault with my beloved 5920g as you had...
> one day the screen just seemed to be squeezed into part of the TFT.
> All of the desktop is displayed but a fair portion of the screen is
> black down one side. I was massively relieved to see you had found a
> solution, but having looked for a cable in the UK and failed... I'm
> starting to lose hope.
>
> Any suggestions for where I can track one down, and what the
> procedure is to replace it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
> Pete Zahut wrote:
>
>> Fixer wrote:
>>> "Pete Zahut" <dont@bother> wrote in message
>>> news:9qidnbzMK-EsA2zUnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> Paul wrote:
>>>>> Pete Zahut wrote:
>>>>>> Got the above laptop and it's just developed a problem
>>>>>> with the
>>>>>> screen/display - there's a 65mm column at the
>>>>>> right-hand side of
>>>>>> the display that's gone dark. Applications open up
>>>>>> properly and
>>>>>> you can see the whole width of the app, but it doesn't
>>>>>> go the
>>>>>> whole width of the screen - sort of full display but
>>>>>> not full
>>>>>> screen if you see what I mean. Also, don't know if
>>>>>> it's relevant
>>>>>> or not but the taskbar at the bottom seems to be twice
>>>>>> as tall as
>>>>>> normal and isn't drag-able back to it's usual size -
>>>>>> cursor also
>>>>>> distorts in this area. I'm not explaining it very
>>>>>> well, so have a
>>>>>> look at this photo:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...nt=laptop1.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At first I thought it may be a display driver issue
>>>>>> but I've
>>>>>> uninstalled and reinstalled without success. I've also
>>>>>> used a
>>>>>> program called #1-TuffTest Pro
>>>>>> (http://www.tufftest.com/ttp01.htm)
>>>>>> that is self-booting, operating system independent and
>>>>>> never goes
>>>>>> anywhere near Windows, but shows the same results, so
>>>>>> I would say
>>>>>> that that rules out any Windows driver issues. Picture
>>>>>> of that test
>>>>>> here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...nt=laptop2.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas what's wrong and how to fix it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you done a graphics driver update recently ?
>>>>
>>>> No - uninstalled and reinstalled driver to try to fix the
>>>> problem,
>>>> but not updated.
>>>>
>>>>> It looks like a mismatch, between the actual LCD panel,
>>>>> and what the software thinks it is driving.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I'd agree with you there Paul - except for the fact that
>>>> I've
>>>> even used the Recovery CD/Partition to restore the laptop to
>>>> the
>>>> state it was in when it left the factory and the display is
>>>> still
>>>> faulty even then.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok the way to tell if its hardware or software causing the
>>> problem
>>> is when the machine starts to boot drop into the BIOS whatever it
>>> is
>>> for your laptop, F2 for Dells , Del for some others but anyway
>>> whatever it is for your machine. If the problem is there in when
>>> you
>>> look in the BIOS its the LCD panel or Cable or Motherboard port.
>>> IF
>>> it's not there then it's a driver/application, error. Of course
>>> you
>>> could also connect it to an external monitor and again if its
>>> there
>>> then its the grapghics card or motherboard port or
>>> software/drivers
>>> and if its not there then it's the LCD or cable
>
>> Fixer, I owe you a pint - a £12GBP secondhand LCD cable from Ebay
>> sorted the
>> problem. Thanks very much mate, and to all who took the time to try
>> and
>> help
>>> o)
>
>> Pete
>
>
>
>
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