1) Can this be fixed?
    Yes...but the cost of a new LCD will be prohibitive. Try a look on eBay
for some HPs that have parts available.

2) If not fixed with the monitor continue to deteriorate?

   Maybe or maybe not. However, it can possibly still be a usable computer,
just not portable. Buy a cheap 14 inch monitor and connect it to the laptop.
I've got a laptop right now that has a bad screen (not from a fall...it just
cratered totally about three weeks after my colleague's identical laptop did
the same) and the new LCD for hers was $830 (she got it repaired). Mine is
not going to be repaired...we'll hook it to a monitor. I'm using my hard
drive now in a third laptop and the screen on it is beginning to go out
also. Luckily I've got a new Dell Latitude on order. BTW...these three
laptops are Twinhead P-98s. Great machines when they work. My mobo also died
at Christmas.


Later,


Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
A+ Certified Technician
http://www.rustysmith.com

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