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Purple vertical line on the Laptop Display – HDX16 CTO 1200

Jason — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:50:04 +0000

Just bought my HP HDX16 CTO 1200 (Intel P7450) on 19th September 2009.
Just yesterday (25th August 2010 – i.e about 11 months later ) a single purple vertical line appeared on a the screen. I have not used my laptop too much and have not used it to play games or just some heavy applications, mostly to play mp3 music and some light text editors. The room temperature is normal, there have not any kind of liquid drop on the laptop itself, no pressure, no shock. the line just automatically came up while I was working with the laptop.
I think more lines will come shortly…
This is one of my experiences with HP.
Thanks for seeing these texts,
Khanh

Submitted by Khanh ND.

Drawing Between The Lines – zd8302ea

Jason — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:41:09 +0000

I own a zd8302ea HP pavilion. I have it for more than 4 years. Apart from changing the hard drive twice and the dvd recorder(MAtchita sucks) did not have any problems. But in the last 2 months it developed more than 20 vertical lines. Unfortunately that makes drawing in ARhicad etc difficult. For the moment I am looking whether I can replace the panel. Of course HP does not take responsibility cause it is 1 year after the extended guaranty I bought. Generally satisfied.

Submitted by Antonios.

Vertical Lines Getting Worse – zd8480ea

Jason — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:37:30 +0000

My laptop is about 2 1/2 years old . Vertical lines started to appear about 5 months ago. Now, a few months later I have about 12 vertical lines, and a whole coloumn of dead pixel. and a 2 inch wide coloumd of white pixels ! An external monitor works fine. I have heard of various different approachs to solving the problem, ranging from a new screen to replacing cables / connectors. I am going to take the laptop apart next week !!

Submitted by Mav.

Right out of the box… – ze4900

Jason — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:38:51 +0000

Right out the box this brand new hpPavillion was plagued with freezes, hangs, slowdowns & BSOD’s upon or, shortly after boot-up. It took me 5 days to clean up all the crapwares and useless, totally unnecessary, resource hogging background software dumped on it at the factory. HP tech support was worse than a joke or waste of time-they were totally clueless-if you could ever get them to even try to help. I had to use my ancient nonHP desktop to access the internet to find useful information!

While it was an ordeal just to get it to a useable state, I was quite pleased with it for a short time after I did. Then the vertical lines on the screen. First a thin red one on the far right, then a light blue one on the far left, then a really wide faded vertical area near the center. HP-support, fugeddaboutit. Its an oxymoron. I’d much rather be held up with gun. Its more honest. At least you both admit you’re being robbed.

I can still use it and, it performs ok even now, the battery has never lasted much over an hour even new, in spite of claims on the box, and the screen thing has been around so long I’m almost used to it by now except sometimes I can’t read some text in web pages.
But I will NEVER OWN ANOTHER HP PRODUCT – unless someone gives me one for free or something. Then I would trash it at the first sign of a problem. Caveat Emptor should be HP’s company vision or mission statement.

Submitted by Jim.

Vertical lines and others – zd8000

Jason — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:16:49 +0000

I bought this computer in 2005 from HP site with TV receiver etc. full loaded. It ran perfect for only one year and after that overheating started. Secondly vertical lines appeared to start and now its total gone. I have an external monitor attached. I cant afford to buy new screen as it will again happen. Moreover the short battery life of only 50 mins. on wifi on. It was worst notebook I have ever had.

Submitted by Abdul Majid.

Vertical lines suck – dv5000

Jason — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:14:35 +0000

I had the same problem with 2 different computers vertical lines one of the computers started with one line and then started to appear more and more every day until most of the screen is full of lines. Submitted by … Continue reading →

Every Thing Gone Wrong – A6500

Jason — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:47:10 +0000

I have a friend that asked me to fix his Pavilion A6500. It was booting to the blue screen of death. I ran Diagnostics and found that the Ram was bad and had an error with the Hard drive. I went and bought new ram and already had a new hard drive. Installed the Ram but the computer now was displaying Red Vertical lines on the monitor. I attached the monitor back to my other computer and it displayed fine, so I knew that it was not the monitor. I then installed the new hard drive. Put in the Restore disk and it started to install until the vertical Red lines displayed again. It freezes and will not install. I have never seen this before with any other system. Anyone have any ideas. My only thought with trouble shooting is that maybe it might be the mother board. If anyone has any ideas or has had the same problem I would really appreciate the assistance.

Submitted by Robert.

Maintenance Important – zd8000

Jason — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:00:50 +0000

Hi, I got my zd8000 in 2005 brand new on HP’s website, and it has served me well until this past year when I noticed little lines starting to appear on the screen. As of this writing, there are six lines with one new line starting to flicker in. I started to research the issue, and I was very surprised to find out that other zd8000 users experienced this problem within twelve months of owning this laptop. I didn’t experience these issues until the 48 month mark.
I’m very much a gamer, having played hardware-demanding games such as Battlefield 2, FarCry, Unreal Tournament 2004, and other mid-2000s games, so this computer has been stressed and overheated multiple times. I realized early on with the zd8000 that cooling was an issue – the first time I played Battlefield 2, the computer shut off due to overheating in the middle of a game. To alleviate the situation, I minimized the number of programs running, purchased a small wire shelf to elevate the laptop, and purchased two fans, one to fit in the PCMCIA slot on the right side of the laptop, and another fan placed underneath the shelf. Between those tasks, frequent dusting, and keeping the laptop in a cool, dust-free area away from the sun, I would say I’ve been fortunate to really maximize the life of my laptop. I’m already looking for a new desktop to replace this one, since I don’t think the screen will last for another three months. Just my $.02.

Submitted by Alan.

Six vertical lines on my replacement screen – dv3315nr

Jason — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:13:18 +0000

I have six vertical lines on my replacement screen. I got my laptop back in 2007 from BestBuy. The original screen was replaced for an unrelated issue thru BestBuy’s extended warranty. This was my last “free” fix too. About a year and a half ago lines started appearing on this “new” screen. Never happened on the old screen. It’s still pretty usable for now. Three thoughts – after finding this site I’m glad I bought Toshiba for my latest one, not keen on risking HP again; – I would not buy computers from Fry’s since their customer service on returns has a terrible rep too; rather than buy a new screen, I’ll get a bigger flatscreen for less, plug that in with a keyboard and mouse.

Submitted by Sean.

Welcome to HPVerticalLine.com

Jason — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:14:12 +0000

Thank you for visiting HPVerticalLine.com! The purpose of this website is to educate consumers about Hewlett-Packard’s faulty hardware issues in a growing number of their computer models.

Hewlett-Packard computers are increasingly notorious for suffering short lifespans, overheating, LCD display failures, and multitudes of other hardware and design related problems. Additionally, when dealing with customers who have defective HP computers, HP customer support seems to have a policy of denial and blame. HP customers are frequently charged unreasonable fees for repairs on defective HP computers and even for customer support. In many cases, HP repairs defective computers with more defective or refurbished hardware, often-times selling the customers an “extended warranty”, which appears to be designed to expire shortly before the repairs do.

If you own or have owned a Hewlett-Packard computer, please share your experiences so others may make an educated decision when purchasing a computer.

My HP zd8000 computer cost me over $1,500/US and began failing within the first 10 months. Problems with my HP zd8000 computer include vertical display lines, dead pixels, slow operation, overheating, battery dysfunction, cracks in the case from heat, and a disgruntled operator (hence the website).

Despite their awareness of the issue, Hewlett-Packard has not owned up to their responsibility to recall and replace all of their defective models.
I am a victim of Hewlett-Packard; don’t be one too!