Vertical Yellow Line Down the Screen

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #1

    Vertical Yellow Line Down the Screen


    Hello fellow Windows 7 enthusiasts,

    So I installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba Satellite P105-S6177 laptop a couple months ago and I love it, everything has been working great... up until now.

    I have this vertical yellow line, 1 pixel wide, running from the top to the bottom of my screen, just to the right of the centerline. Here's an example of what it looks like:

    Vertical Yellow Line Down the Screen-yellow-line.png

    It started out flashing on and off periodically, and I noticed that it had something to do with the white balance of the screen. On my black background it was appearing a lot less often than with a white browser window open. Although now, the damn thing is stuck on all the time. It does not appear on my post screen or on the Windows 7 loading screens, or when Windows 7 is booted in Safe Mode.

    Things I have tried so far:
    Rolling back my graphics driver to a previous version - no effect
    Updating my graphics driver to the newest version - no effect

    Do you have any ideas on how I might fix this?
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  2. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #2

    So nobody has any ideas of what might be causing this?
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  3. Posts : 535
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit
       #3

    64 or 32 bit?
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  4. ryo
    Posts : 1,953
    windows 7
       #4

    did u mind if that problem from software?? i guest that become from your LCD.
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  5. Posts : 1,705
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
       #5

    From the brief search I've just done, you'll need to replace your screen I think.
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  6. Posts : 163
    Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) SP1 RTM
       #6

    It looks like your laptop screen power line connecting a row of pixels is failing so only partial colors are showing up causing the yellow streak. I've seen them 1 pixel wide like yours in another toshiba laptop and i've also seen them 10 pixels wide in a Dell laptop. Usualy screen replacement is the only answer to fix it.
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    @Cloud8521 I'm using the 32 bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate.

    Thanks for all the posts guys but it's just not the screen that's doing it, when I boot into Safe Mode the yellow line is not there. I think I'm going to try a fresh install if the OS and see if that sorts it out, I'll posts the result here once I've done that.
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  8. Posts : 2,685
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
       #8

    OtownCasper said:
    @Cloud8521 I'm using the 32 bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate.

    Thanks for all the posts guys but it's just not the screen that's doing it, when I boot into Safe Mode the yellow line is not there. I think I'm going to try a fresh install if the OS and see if that sorts it out, I'll posts the result here once I've done that.
    Before you do that, your GPU may be dying - is the underside of your laptop free from dust?
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Well the laptop has been to Afghanistan and back so I imagine there is a good amount of dust in there. I guess I could open up the case and blow it out with some canned oxygen, is this a good idea?

    So you think the GPU could be causing this line? Is this something that is replaceable or will I have to spring for a new laptop?
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  10. Posts : 2,685
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
       #10

    OtownCasper said:
    Well the laptop has been to Afghanistan and back so I imagine there is a good amount of dust in there. I guess I could open up the case and blow it out with some canned oxygen, is this a good idea?

    So you think the GPU could be causing this line? Is this something that is replaceable or will I have to spring for a new laptop?
    Run FurMark -if your GPU can't stand it, it will show up. Take apart the case if you know what you are doing.
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