Are you on Space Ball One?
All kidding aside, this is usually a failing GPU but I don't see any PC detail. Tell more.
So here is an interesting thing that has been happening to my laptop screen. Sometimes it will go to confetti/plaid. So like random colors and lines.
Now, sometimes if I tap the screen it comes back. Also if I adjust the screen back or forth, sometimes that brings it back. So at this point I am thinking, obviously the screen is bad.
But other times, both of these methods don't work. But putting it to sleep and waking it again fixes the problem, which is a typical sign of a driver issue.
So I have both signs of a bad screen, or a bad driver, and I can't figure out which it is. I have tried updating and refreshing drivers, which haven't helped. And I have taken it apart, and everything looks fine.
Anyone have any insight on this, or some testing to try to figure out what might be causing it? I don't want to buy and install a new screen if it isn't necessary.

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