Lately I've noticed the bottom left corner of my compaq laptop screen darker than the rest. What is happening?
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check your display by changing directions(viewing directions, as display of LCD differs in some angles) if you find the same problem press deguass button on your screen. if this do not work contact compac service center.
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It's probably a loose connection between your monitor (screen) and you're computer. Check the cables that run from your monitor to your computer and make sure they're not loose.
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DOn't worry, the Kernel is load ing the graphics drivers. nothing to be concerned about. al song as it does not carry on into the GUI... mine did that same thing, so your fine.
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glitch in the graphics card\nalienware just hasnt been the same since Dell purchased them
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I'm not really sure I understand your description. But I can assume two things:\n1. Since you said your laptop is 3 years old, its probably LCD backlight starting to become faulty. LCD screens has a backing layer that provide the light to illuminate the colors on the liquid crystal panel. I suppose you can get it replaced, although... may be a difficult find, if not, expensive.\n2. There is a possibility about faulty or leaking liquid crystal panel. Usually leaking panel produce vertical lines. But these lines usually very striking, can be in one or combination or white, red, green, blue, or black, and will not respond or erroneously respond to graphical changes.\n\nYou can have it checked up, of course.\n\nGood luck
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Is it by any chance a laptop? If it is, then it is perfectly normal. Many laptops have problems with the onboard mouse due to the tight space around it on the inside of the case. \n\nTry unpluggin the mouse and plugging it back in. You may have to purchase another one.
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It might be bacause the graphics are not compatible and the computer is forced to use the little supply thus causeing the low power state
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there should be a function button on your keyboard labeled "fn."  hold that and on the f1-f12 keys look for one that looks like it has a monitor on it.  press that until your laptop monitor comes back
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2 possible reasons\n\na) If you are lucky: your graphic card drivers are messed up. All you need to do is reinstall your graphic card ( using its recovery cd or downloading it from its brand's website )\n\nb) If you are not lucky: your screen is dead. Leave your laptop off for some minutes and turn it back on. If it still is turned black you best take it to the first laptop shop.
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Change the direction in which your monitor faces and see if there is any difference.\n Make sure you have not placed any speakers near your monitor as this may cause color patches on your screen. \n\nNext check to see if you have plugged in the signal cable connector properly and screwed it tight. A loose signal cable can cause color distortion.
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im not sure if there's a way to chage this, but im pretty sure its not in Windows (or whatever OS you're using). Mine (HP) dims or brightens the screen weather in Windows or just booting up. So, the only place i know to check would be BIOS: when your PC boots up, it will tell you to press F1 or F2 or F10 or F12 or maybe another key, but usually its F-something. so, press it when u see the message, look throught the menus to see if anything means like "don't dim the screen" or "screen always bright"...
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If your screen showed up white on your laptop then it's not the backlight.  Your screen would be very dark and pretty much impossible to read without a backlight.  Since you tried another monitor and had the same result, or at least that's how I understand it, it sounds like it's a graphics issue.  It's possible that the shock of slamming the lid shut has caused damage to your motherboard.\n\nIf in fact you could see everything when you used a monitor, you very well could have broken a contact on your motherboard, broken a cable, or something entirely more fun than either of these.  You could break out the multimeter and check contacts, but that may prove to be quite tedious.  It seems like your problem is directly linked to the connection of the LCD.  Poke around a bit and see if a ribbon cable isn't seated properly or something else.  I'm not familiar with Dell's method of routing the video signal from the mobo to the screen.  Good luck.
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Check your Monitors manual for instructions on how to access the built in menu system. Often its obvious like a big menu button on the front!\nAnyway since you don't describe exactly what you mean by light I would suggest trying to reduce the contrast a little and or the brightness.\n\nIf this doesn't give you satisfactory results some graphic cards have system software which allows you to configure the brightness and gamma controls for the video output.\n\nJohn
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disconect the monitor cable from the video card and look at the pins....make sure one didn't get bent. it's way easy to bend one and it will usually throw off the color or brighrness. if thats ok, try adjusting the brightness and contrast on the monitor.
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You might have to send it back to HP.  Parts like laptop displays aren't as available as pc parts.
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Black--or blank ?  \n\nIf it's black, then It sounds as if the power saver function might be on the fritz.\nUsually, striking a key or wiggling the mouse brings the last image on the screen back up.  Does the monitor have a small light on the front that is green when the screen is active? If that light turns yellow when the screen goes black, that tells you that the power saver function is on.  \n\nIf it's blank [not black], then I don't know what to tell you.  Call tech support and try not to lose your temper with the overseas representatives.
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Your monitor might have a light meter built in to it (there's one on my laptop that can be switched off). This dims the screen in low light conditions, and brightens it when there's a lot of ambient light (it's supposed to save energy and make it easier on your eyes).\n\nTry exploring the menu and look for something like "eco sensor" or "ambient light balance".