Llevo 3 años con mi laptop y apenas sucede esto. Esto pasa más frecuentemente.
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Submitted by Maknetic.

Hello everyone,
I too was formerly a staunch supporter of HP products.  Given the
recent information I’ve read, I doubt I’ll buy another one and will
instead look for another quality product to stand behind – if I can
find one.  Folks, things are made way cheaper and way more disposable
than they used to be, and nothing lasts forever.  I bought my zd8000
at LEAST 7+ years ago.  Only in the last year did I notice the lines
beginning to appear and yes, they’ve slowly gotten worse.  I started
out with 2 dead pixel lines and now I have about 10.  I figured I’d
use it until it became really bothersome and either shop for a new
screen, or a new computer if it just wasn’t cost effective.  I’ve not
had any other problems, bugs, or viruses on this machine and I’ve been
going to school online for the past year and a half.  As suggested by
one of the many blogs I’ve read about this, a replacement can be
purchased for about $139.  Someplace called LapTop Geniuses got a good
review. Considering the fact that I’ve had no other issues and have
been really happy with its performance otherwise, and I too put out an
initial investment of about $2000 7+ years ago, I’m opting for the new
screen because I’ve already more than gotten my money’s worth.  Maybe
I was just luckier than others.  If anyone knows of a good brand to
watch next time I go to shop for a laptop, please post.  Best wishes
and good luck.

Submitted by Wendy.

I have a laptop zd8000 which is expensive in Greece.
I read your comments and wanted to record my own problem with vertical lines. I guess we are all screwed !!!!!!!

Submitted by Georgia. Translated from Greek.

I’ll never buy something of HP criminals company they are the worst. Their laptops and  printers drivers are full of bugs.
The nightmare began when I received hp550 the most frustrating notebook.
After 2 months it began the vertical lines appearing on the screen. I tried everything. I reinstalled my drivers but this wasn’t the problem. The HP customer support is bad and they never update the drivers, they don’t care about customers.
So I have one option and that’s destroying it with a hammer and then throw it in the trash.

Submitted by LinuxUser.

I bought my zd8000 laptop in Ireland and it cost me 1800 Euros. It was back in 2005. The vertical lines started few months ago i.e. in 2010. I know I spent 5 years with this laptop without any problem. But one of my friend had the same laptop and he also got those lines but he was lucky to have it replaced by HP because it was under warranty. But after that his laptop becomes dead due to some other reasons.
It is very annoying that such an expensive laptop may have such a critical fault. And given the fact that I come to know through this website that so many people had been affected by this fault even some new laptops of zd8000 had this problem. Its not good. But what to do? Even on EBAY the new screen cost 80 euros ?

Submitted by Khan.

Within 2 years of buying my HP I noticed a vertical line develop in the middle of my screen.  It was a cyan blue and look a lot like guide in photoshop.  Since I only used the machine as a desktop computer I could not explain this problem away due to damage…the machine literally never moved.  Over the course of several months the number of lines increased now including yellow and magenta vertical lines.  I have so many lines now, it is literally near impossible to read over any but white backgrounds…and forget watching a movie!  Several years later I am still using this machine, only now with an external monitor.  In all other regards I really enjoyed this machine but after this experience I will think twice about buying an HP again.

Submitted by Ryan.

I have bought an HP Pavilion zd8000 3years back, not happy from the laptop in several aspects in which first of all the weight of system is to much and very difficult to carry any where, after some time of purchase the keys of key pad is tearing off and after some more time the performance going to worse from bad but i was continuing to use is than i have experience a yellow colour vertical line on the screen i omit it and continue to work on it now i am experience severe display problem in form of blue horizontal colour lines and  battery also died and the system is heating too much, i think it is a perfect garbage and heavy loss of your investment, please never think about to buy HP laptops they are only little better in printers but laptops are garbage, i am also a victim of HP laptops.

Submitted by Rehan.

i have a zd8000 bought it after it died had my buddy reflow it and the video card is gone and the screen is gone its a big loud hot running hunk of crap i have an old dell that works better than this one did if there is anything that i can still do please let me know i cant believe that hp would do this i have used them for years i dont have enough money to keep having it fixed im about to sell it for parts if i cant get hp to help cant deal with the whole phone deal they have i dont need to be sent all over the world to people that read a script i just want my damn computer to work

Submitted by Dan.

I have had nothing but problems with this laptop.  It just started crashing in the last 3 months (out of warranty of course).  It will run for various amounts of time and then I will get a screen with vertical stripes on it.  The only option is to shut it off.  It used to fix the problem, but now I can’t even get the system restore to work anymore.  From reading other forums it seems the motherboard will have to be replaced.  Tech support has been a complete joke and waste of time.  They looked for every reason to blame me for the issue and never offered any real support.  DO NOT BUY A HP!!

Submitted by Screwed.

I just got my wife this computer for Christmas and was in the process of setting up the wireless router when this vertical red line appeared.  The computer has just been on for no more than 2 hours at once and no more than 5 hours total.  I just found this web site while looking for some info on a possible fix.  I guess this can be fixed under warranty, but what a pain.

Submitted by New HP User.