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HP touchsmart tx2-1025dx laptop - Horizontal lines

Feb 18, 2010 5:48AM PST

My laptop works fine most of the time, except for 2 things. When the computer does an automatic shut down or after I've been using it for several hours, if I try to get back on after less than 2 hours or so, I have 2 giant opaque horizontal boxes which cover the bottom 2/3rds of the screen. I first had this happen when my computer went into sleep mode. I eventually had to totally shut-off sleep mode because it would do this every time. I've tried updating the display driver with no help. Also, if I hook up to an external monitor, the lines don't appear. Also, after just about 30 minutes of use or less, my laptop gets extremely hot, so much so that it's uncomfortable to hold on my lap. Now, if I leave it shut down for 2 hours or more, when I turn it back on, the lines will be gone. And they never appear spontaneously. If I left it on all the time, without closing the lid, they would never show up. what do you think?

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If you research this model.
Feb 18, 2010 10:12AM PST
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hp tx2 horizonzontal lines
Apr 25, 2012 10:55PM PDT

the same happens with my tx2. the only thing i can do is change screen resolution, and after try many times the screen works fine again, until the next initialization...is there other solution?

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Did you try the usual?
Apr 26, 2012 4:46AM PDT

From your post it looks as if you have more work to do.

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tks
Apr 26, 2012 7:03AM PDT

I will try reinstall the OS

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Why do that?
Apr 26, 2012 9:31AM PDT

That was not the advice given.

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is not like that?
Apr 26, 2012 12:50PM PDT

clean and after, if not works, reinstall OS?

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(NT) That's the short version.
Apr 27, 2012 12:24PM PDT