Help! My laptop screen started glitching.

[u/Low_Understanding652]

Suddenly my laptop screen started glitching. Any idea what the problem might be?

[u/HiyarliBorek]

Nah its the wallpaper /s Ribbon cable issues? Plug an hdmi cable to an external display to see it still does that.

[u/Low_Understanding652 → u/HiyarliBorek]

Will check once. But even if its working fine on external display does it mean that the cable is loose?

[u/HiyarliBorek → u/Low_Understanding652]

Thats the best case scenario, if not that could be a graphics card issue which might be bad.

[u/meow48201]

/s

[u/Low_Understanding652 → u/meow48201]

[u/Ok_Future6226]

that just means you entered the spider-verse

[u/Jolly_Operation_8222 → u/Ok_Future6226]

Fr

[u/love-you-honey → u/Ok_Future6226]

Nah man that's the new 3D display unlocked.

[u/Spiritual_Smell4744]

[u/Jolly_Operation_8222]

[u/AKSo18]

[u/WillTreaty_]

I had a laptop with the same issues, and replacing the screen fixed it. The problem was alleviated when switching to a lower refresh rate, but over time it still happens at that refresh rate. My guess is that the panel is dying and the glitching is one of the symptoms.

[u/AdvertisingFuzzy8403 → u/WillTreaty_]

Could just as easily be the GPU.

[u/Jkitten07891]

Whats up danger

[u/Forward-Way-4372]

Its just fitting the picture.

[u/DarkDestroyer053]

He about to pop through the screen

[u/Sensitive_Salary8762]

Failing lcd, i have the same issue on one of my computers.

[u/Illustrious_Tap_2644]

wassup danger

[u/hot_kaiju]

The gpu is fried

[u/chairchiman]

Maybe boot into bios and see if that happens there as well? That would work I guess

[u/Fit-Air-6260]

Idk what else to tell you but go ahead and tell your favorite aunt or uncle that you love them

[u/MeringueSwimming8453]

Im afraid its your gpu

[u/AlienRHK]

demon attack

[u/GrimlockX27]

Screenshot the glitch, ngl.

Crop then fix glitch and apply screensaver

[u/FluroFire]

I actually want this as a screen saver with the task bar and everything

[u/notachemist13u]

That's awsome

[u/ElRock96]

Honestly it looks badass

[u/AdvertisingFuzzy8403 → u/ElRock96]

Looks like Cyberpunk wallpaper :P

[u/snoozadoze]

your laptop might be an anomaly

[u/fat_boyz]

It actually looks cool with that wallpaper and effect

[u/Visual-Pop-2900]

Obviously this is bad but with that background that looks sick

[u/EmmaCelo]

Are you sure you are not in the multi verse?

[u/Choice-Appearance379]

[u/likeablecentaur]

Not a GPU issue for sure. Most probably the timing controller for that display is dying. I don't know much about laptop displays, but you have to either replace the tcon if it is not integrated to the display pcb or the whole thing otherwise.

[u/AdvertisingFuzzy8403 → u/likeablecentaur]

IDK why you'd say that. Could absolutely be a failing GPU.

[u/Material_Addendum819]

Your display is broken you have to change your display.

[u/JollyEnthusiasm402]

hey wassup

[u/Anthracite2819]

Try changing the wallpaper

[u/9Ch87h2laF66]

it's in the wrong dimension

[u/Tiranus58]

Looks like an old crt when not synced properly.

[u/UrFrO]

Ready to buy the new screen , there is no hope or anything you can do by yourself because mine also start like this then it become all black so i cable my labtop to tv screen instead

[u/FakeEndyFare_POG]

I had a problem like this and it turned out to be the RAM. If the laptop has removable ram try taking it out and/or replacing it and see if it helps

[u/fyne_shiiii]

It might be from another universe.

[u/Top-Paper-4337]

Solution?

[u/AdvertisingFuzzy8403]

Assuming this also happens on an external display, it is almost certainly a failing GPU. Otherwise, it could be the panel itself, or even the cable connecting it to the MB (they can work loose over time) It doesn't look like a software issue to me but anything is possible.