Sounds like it could be either.  I work with mostly Toshiba laptops and that is a
common symton that it is going bad.  Usually, when I give my hardware guys
in-house a  laptop with what you are experiencing, then they just replace the
screen and connection.  The connection is a ribbon wire from the mobo to the
screen.  Much easier (and probably more cost effective) if they replace both.

HTH


On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Jon wrote:

>  Screen: DSTN (Compaq LTE 5150, P-100)
> 
>  Symptom: When first started, the screen shows stripes on the lower half
>  which changes in a minute or two to black (except for 1-inch of white on
>  the left side).
> 
>  Question: Does this indicate a toasted screen, or is it a loose
> connection,
>  or is it an internal problem?  Thanks very much for the feedback.
> 
>  Jon Schwartz
>  (Digest)
> 
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