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Subject: lap top screen

Original Message

Name: ampuzoid
Date: January 18, 2007 at 17:46:39 Pacific
Subject: lap top screen
OS: win me
CPU/Ram: pent lll 64 mb ram
Model/Manufacturer: gateway

Comment:

hello pros..I'm trying to figure out a problem with my girlfriends laptop, it's gateway solo 2150, it works fine except for about the last month there has been a tiny white line running verticle across the screen about a quarter way down from the top of the screen. any advice greatly appreciated, thank's..charlie

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Response Number 1

Name: Stephen Fox
Date: January 19, 2007 at 23:46:47 Pacific
Subject: lap top screen

Reply: (edit)

A white line would be a problem with the computer, not the OS. I'd pinpoint a Pentium III around 1999, it's possible the screen is going now.
Stephen Fox
WINDOWS NT 4.00.1381 SP6a
PENTIUM II 450MHz; 384MB RAM
GATEWAY 2000 P6-450 DESKTOP 3GB

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Response Number 2

Name: jboy
Date: January 20, 2007 at 02:15:52 Pacific
Subject: lap top screen

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... actually, 'pinpoint' means "to locate exactly" - the word you want would be 'guess' - and indeed, that model (but not all PIII machines) seems to date back to 1999-2000 or thereabouts
Yes, a display fault seems likely, and yes, that's 'hardware'
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter

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Response Number 3

Name: Stephen Fox
Date: January 20, 2007 at 13:04:42 Pacific
Subject: lap top screen

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jboy,
You crack me up ;) Thanks for the clarification.
Stephen Fox
WINDOWS NT 4.00.1381 SP6a
PENTIUM II 450MHz; 384MB RAM
GATEWAY 2000 P6-450 DESKTOP 3GB

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