topic Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen in PCs & Accessories

VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:49:42 GMT

This appeared after laptop went into standby, i cant clear it at all, any ideas please?

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

kee-lo_ — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:50:37 GMT

Could be overheating in the GPU, does the problem go away when rebooted?

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:06:06 GMT

Could be overheating in the GPU, does the problem go away when rebooted?

I cant get rid of it, tried rebooting, no luck.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

MattWilson — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:11:29 GMT

Try reinstalling the graphics driver from here

Uninstall the previous one first by going to device manager and right-click -> uninstall on the video driver. Reboot. When it comes back up go back to device manager and find the Video device (Standard VGA) and right-click -> install and browse to the driver you have just downloaded.

Hope this might have more effect but somehow i doubt it.

If it doesn't then sony support will be the next port of call.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:50:01 GMT

Try reinstalling the graphics driver from here

Uninstall the previous one first by going to device manager and right-click -> uninstall on the video driver.  Reboot.  When it comes back up go back to device manager and find the Video  device (Standard VGA) and right-click -> install and browse to the driver you have just downloaded.

Hope this might have more effect but somehow i doubt it.

If it doesn't then sony support will be the next port of call.

Sadly this did not work either, but thanks for taking the time to reply, i do not get the green line if i output to my TV, does this rule out video card?

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

MattWilson — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:56:01 GMT

Sadly not necessarily.

You still have the output to the inbuilt screen that could be to blame. Is the green bar there as soon as its on. ie. is it there before even the VAIO logo is shown?

Could be a dead panel but it is very unlikely.

How many pixels wide is the bar?

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:27:08 GMT

Green bar is instant as soon a screen gets power, it is one pixel wide, i had this a while ago and it cleared, it seems to be linked to hibernation mode, when i close laptop, but it always cleared on reboot.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

MattWilson — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:06:07 GMT

Well i had a stuck pixel once. Left it somewhere warm for a day then tried it again and it fixed itself. Its work a try.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

kee-lo_ — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:52:04 GMT

I would still advise talking to VAIO-Link about it.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:51:49 GMT

Thanks, is there any particular link you would recommend for them?, the laptop is out of warranty, so i was not expecting too much support from that direction!

Thanks fro taking the time to reply.

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

Thalamus. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:41:50 GMT

Hi aircool,

You can contact Vaio-Link for free via e-support but for a quicker response you may wish to contact Vaio-link direct via the phone , however as your out of warranty this will cost 35p per minute..

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

aircool — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:18:23 GMT

Thanks, i am talking to e-support, they have come back to me already,first check is to see if line shows up in bios page....it does, to me that does not sound good!!

Re: VGN A215Z Green vertical line centre of screen

kee-lo_ — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:56:56 GMT

No, it sounds like a very expensive repair job, probably better to invest in a new notebook