Given the story it should be no problem since it's only 6 months old and the warranty applies (unless your story was incomplete.)
I have a six month old notebook, Dell Inspiron 1545, and suddenly the display (lcd) do not properly perform any more. It shows thick odd colored vertical bands, icons are not clearly displayed, and it looks like the display is little for seeing all the content: as an example, the task bar is not seen any more, it looks like it is ten centimeters underneath the lower part of the lcd.
I sent my new notebook to a Dell representative service center, and they told me they have to change the lcd. The VGA output is performing properly.
Could you please advise me what other solution may I have?
Thanks all of you in advance.
Alevicferal

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