Replace the flat cable from the laptop to the LCD.
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I have a compaq presario 1700 and the screen is messed up. It was not stepped on, dropped or mishandled in any way. There are no cracks in the LCD or nothing. The screen varies in colors from time to time...with sometimes all black with 2 green lines across it. I used both the S-video hookup and the monitor hookup and the laptop works fine on those. But i am unable to get the LCD working. ALthough one time i closed the laptop and opened it and what was on my monitor was frozen on the laptop screen which was kinda weird. I cant figure out the problem and im hoping i dont need to replace the whole screen. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

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