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Check the extent to which your monitor can display similar colors while keeping them differentiable. You can create two color patches to do so. The more similar the two colors that can still be differentiated from one another are, the better your monitor can differentiate between the colors. This test is also well suited for making a direct visual comparison between two different monitors.

Choose a greater viewing distance to check the display of gradients. The grayscale image should be reproduced in the overall view without any unnecessary color and with an even gradient, and, at 256 intervals, there should not be any noticeable abrupt changes in brightness between individual grayscales. At a smaller number of intervals, the respective bars should be clearly differentiable from one another.

This test allows you to determine whether your monitor can reproduce text sharply and without any shadows, independently of other influences, such as text smoothing.

Test the monitor’s viewing angle stability. When you increase the viewing angle, the size and shape of the circles displayed should remain almost the same. Slight changes may appear. Less is better.

Use the slide bar to change the logo’s grayscale until the logo blends into the background to the greatest possible extent. The value shown corresponds to your monitor’s gamma value.

This test primarily serves to compare the response times of two monitors. Start by selecting a speed that creates clear streaks on the rectangles. However, you should still be able to clearly follow the rectangles visually. Then vary the distance between the rectangles until the lower edge (streak) of the one on the right no longer overlaps the lower edge of the one on the left. The smaller the distance, the shorter the response time. When comparing several monitors, select the same speed.

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With more people spending more time in front of computer monitors it is important to purchase a quality monitor that will provide crisp, bright images, while reducing the strain on your eyes.

Users would include computer repair centers, system integrators, quality assurance personnel, graphic designers and anyone that cares about the quality of their monitor.

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To learn more about best practices on handling and using a Dell laptop, see the Dell knowledge base article Best Practices for Product Use and Handling for Dell Laptops.

For displays with glossy bezels, consider the placement of the display as the bezel may cause disturbing reflections from surrounding light and bright surfaces.

WARNING: Use of controls, adjustments, or procedures other than what is specified in the User Manual may result in exposure to shock, electrical hazards, and/or mechanical hazards.

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If the screen abnormality is not present in the built-in self-test mode, see the Dell knowledge base article How to Troubleshoot Display or Video Issues on a Dell Monitor.

If the LCD built-in self-test (BIST) diagnostic test passed, the laptop LCD screen is working correctly. The display problem could be due to an outdated graphics driver or incorrect video settings. Follow the troubleshooting instructions in the Dell knowledge base article How to Troubleshoot Display or Video Issues on a Dell Laptop.

However, one of the primary advantages that makes it a prime choice for most people (especially working-class individuals and students) is its mobility while packing similar performance of a PC.

Unlike a desktop computer where you can remove and replace damaged parts yourself, a laptop cannot. One of the biggest examples, which is our core focus here, is screen issues. It isn’t the same when it comes to a PC where you can easily purchase a new monitor to replace the broken one. A laptop needs professional repairs to fix that issue or at worse requires consideration in buying a new unit entirely – which is most often the case.

Let’s start with one of the most common laptop screen issues – no display or blank screen. There’s a lot of reason behind this problem. Fortunately, there are also plenty of troubleshooting procedures you can try that might probably fix it.

First of all, you should confirm that when you turn your device on, it powers up just like normal – power icon is lighting up, the HDD (hard disk drive) is running, and the fan is spinning. That is to make sure what you’re experiencing is indeed a “no display” screen issue. There are two primary causes: Motherboard has faulty hardware parts, or the LCD or LED is broken. Either one of the two is what’s causing the problem, and knowing which is the key to solving it.

First and foremost, start checking the screen if it is truly the one causing the problem. You can do this by connecting your laptop to an external display – a computer monitor or a smart TV works well. Turn your device again, if it shows a boot up on the external screen, then it’s guaranteed that your laptop’s screen is, in fact, the issue.

Having a defective LED or LCD is an easy repair, but you should first check if your laptop is still under warranty. If it is still under warranty, go directly to the nearest repair hub and do not attempt to fix it yourself. If it’s not, you can go to a computer parts supplier or, better yet, laptop manufacturer’s certified parts dealer and purchase a replacement screen. We suggest that you bring your laptop with you to get the exact screen replacement and eliminate the risk of getting the wrong one.

Test and turn your laptop on – you do it first before returning the bezel back in place just in case it still won’t work (although chances are pretty slim, the replacement itself could be defective)

Once you can see your computer booting up and the screen now functions properly, the repair is complete. It’s not a hard fix, but it takes patience and time to execute correctly.

As mentioned above, if it still doesn’t work after connecting your laptop to an external screen, we proceed to the second step. In this step, we are going to check your device’s BIOS (basic input/output system).

For some reason, a computer’s system may go haywire even if things were running smoothly. A quick and straightforward solution is to reset its BIOS. Here’s how to do that:

This process should reset your laptop’s bios, and if that was the only problem, your computer should run without any problem. You are then free to insert the battery back in. However, if your computer still doesn’t display anything, proceed to the next step.

One of the leading causes, about 90%, of no display issues in both laptop and desktop computers is due to a faulty RAM (random access memory). The problem may be as simple as having a dirty memory stick, or it may be broken and needs replacement. Fixing this problem is as easy as resetting the bios.

If your laptop has two memory slots and two chips – and if unfortunately it still did not work – you should make use of only one chip and one slot at a time and perform a test. To elaborate, choose only one chip and use it in one of the slots, and then turn your device on. If that fails, use the same chip but insert it in the other slot. Again, if that still fails, use the unused chip then redo the previous steps.

If your device works after doing the above, apparently, one of those two memory sticks is the problem. If both of the chips did not work, you could further verify by borrowing the same type of memory chip (a working one) from a friend and test it on your laptop. If it works, you should purchase new RAM chips/sticks for replacement. Again, bring the defective RAM to the store to accurately get the same type – you may choose to upgrade if you like but it should match correctly.

If the three steps above didn’t solve the “no display” issue, there’s a huge chance that your laptop’s problem is within the motherboard or GPU. In that case, you can’t do anything about it. The best option you have is to bring your laptop to a repair centre and let the professionals deal with it, or you can also buy a new unit instead.

If your laptop’s LCD or LED screen has some visible black dots or lines, you should first try to press it – just enough force that will alter the display. Most of the time, this problem is due to trapped or wedged pixels. Applying pressure on it will usually loosen and free the pixels, and when it is unstuck, the dots and lines will disappear.

However, if applying pressure to it doesn’t remove or alleviate the dots, then the only way to solve it is by replacing the screen. Most of the time, monitor lines and dots are usually bearable and poses no hindrance to productivity or usage – so as long as that’s the case, there is no need for replacement.

Another common problem is when your display is darker than usual. First of all, you have to make sure that you set your laptop’s brightness level to maximum. If that does not work, then there are two other ways you can do yourself to fix the problem.

Firstly, you can try closing and opening the lid. Most of the time, your laptop just lagged and didn’t follow the system protocol immediately or the lid switch was stuck. Manually closing and opening the lid back again usually solves this issue.

If both didn’t work, there might be hardware problems – burnt backlight or inverter, or broken cable. We do not advise you to do these manually as it is more complicated than replacing the screen. Doing it on your own may destroy the circuit board (which is quite expensive) and backlight lamp. The lamp itself contains mercury (extremely hazardous to your health) and lead glass – it’s brittle and may cause static charges and electrocute you when repairing it without the proper tools.

If your laptop’s screen is messing up – colour is incorrect, divided screen, or jumbled display – it’s often due to a defective GPU. There is nothing you can do but send your laptop to a professional repair centre. It requires replacing the GPU, which is almost always connected to the motherboard. It also needs precision tools to repair successfully, without so, you may worsen the damage.

Does your display look a little off? Not just too bright or too dim but perhaps some colors don"t look as accurate as they should or the image tends to look a bit washed out at times. If so, then it"s time to calibrate your display.

You can either calibrate your display by eye or by using a device called a color calibrator -- or colorimeter -- that you stick on the front of your display. If you have a colorimeter, then I"m going to assume you know how to use it and don"t need to read a blog post on the topic. If you haven"t plunked down $100 or more on a colorimeter, then I"m also going to assume you don"t have any immediate plans to purchase such a device and would like to go about calibrating your monitor by eye.

Thankfully, it"s easy to make adjustments by eye. If you don"t get your display as fine tuned as you might with a colorimeter, as long as the image looks good to you, then I would classify the mission as accomplished.

The quickest and easiest way to calibrate your display is to stare at a number of test patterns and use your monitor"s onscreen display (OSD) controls to adjust the contrast, brightness, color levels, sharpness, color temperature, and so on. A good resource for free test patterns is Lagom LCD monitor test pages. The site will lead you through a series of test patterns, which you use to adjust your monitor using the OSD controls -- the group of buttons located on the front or side of your display.

But what if you are using a laptop that doesn"t have such buttons, you ask? Both Windows and Mac OS X feature utilities that step you through various calibration settings.

When you have finished with your tweaks, the Display Color Calibration lets you compare your current settings with the previous calibration. Click Finish to move forward with your new calibration settings and Windows will make a pitch for you to turn on ClearType, which attempts to make text more readable. If you select this option, you will then jump through five quick test screens to fine tune ClearType for the clearest, crispest text.

To finish up, give your profile a name and click Done. Your new profile will now be listed as an option on the Color tab of the Display option in System Preferences.

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A laptop is a type of computer that is portable enough to be used while traveling. Most laptops share a similar clamshell form factor with the top lid of the laptop housing a display and the bottom section containing a keyboard and trackpad. The two sections are connected by a hinge and when you travel, you can fold the two halves together to protect the screen and keyboard.

Manufacturers have also developed several other form factors for laptops which offer different features from the “traditional laptop” described above. Generic laptops usually have a screen size of about 11 inches (28 cm) to 17 inches (43 cm). Smaller, lighter laptops are available, however, and are often referred to as ""subnotebooks"" or ultraportables. While the hinges on most traditional laptops can only bend so far, some laptops—called convertibles, hybrids, or 2-in-1s—can fold all the way around. These laptops usually have a touchscreen so you can use your fingers to control the device when the keyboard is flipped onto the back. Here’s an informative hybrid laptop comparison video from The Verge. Detachable laptops take this concept further by allowing a user to remove the keyboard entirely. Some notable early examples include the Surface Pro and Surface Book which you can see in this demo from Fstoppers.

Laptops are distinct from desktop computers which generally stay in one place in a house or office. Compared to these larger machines, laptops generally use less power but provide less overall performance because they cannot deal with heat as well. While some laptops are upgradeable and repairable, desktop computers provide a simpler experience because parts are widely available and interchangeable.

You can usually identify the manufacturer of a laptop by looking for their logo on the outside of the laptop, either on the back of the display, below the display, or on the bottom of the device. The name of the specific model is usually printed on the bottom of the laptop directly on the case or on an attached sticker. Failing this, you can often find the serial number/service tag nearby. Search online for a “support” or “check warranty” page for your specific manufacturer and enter the serial number for more information on your device.

Sometimes the laptop is totally dead. Sometimes it’s just a simple issue. Follow the steps below for some troubleshooting ideas. This page from Laptop Repair 101 has more tips.

The first issue to check for is the battery. Does the laptop work like normal if it is plugged into the wall with a reliable charger? If so, your laptop likely has a bad battery. You can find battery replacement guides here on iFixit or elsewhere if nobody has made one yet (perhaps you can make your own guide). Make sure the power adapter you’re using works with your computer and puts out enough watts to power your specific model. You don’t want to be the person who goes into a store for a repair just to learn that you were using the wrong charger (I’m speaking from personal experience here). Tip: give the laptop a bit of time after it is plugged in before you try turning it on.

Does the laptop have any signs of life? These include spinning fans, blinking lights, or beeps. These beeps or flashing lights often correspond to a specific issue which you can fix. For example, two beeps when a Dell laptop starts up generally indicates an issue with the RAM.

Check for issues with the screen. It’s pretty easy to think your laptop isn’t working even if the issue is completely due to the screen. If the screen doesn’t turn on, try shining a flashlight into the screen and look for any images. If you can see dim images, the backlight in your screen is dead and you will need to replace the display. This video from Adrian Black shows this same troubleshooting step for a TV screen. Also make sure you haven’t just turned the brightness all the way down. Woops!

Can you get into the BIOS? The BIOS is the basic firmware that runs when you first start your computer. You can sometimes enter the BIOS setup when the laptop starts by holding F2, F10, or the delete key on your keyboard when you press the power button. See this article from Tom’s Hardware for a more comprehensive list of the keys used to enter the BIOS for each brand of laptop. If you can access the BIOS but can’t get any further with a regular boot (a.k.a. an attempt to turn on the computer where you don’t hold the BIOS key) your laptop probably works fine, but you have an issue with the operating system. Check these extra troubleshooting guides for what to do when Windows doesn’t start (or Linux if you have that installed).

If none of these steps work, you might need to replace the motherboard or take it to a repair shop that can work on the issue with the motherboard. If the laptop has a separate power input board that is attached to the motherboard with a cable, you could try replacing that part first. Sometimes the motherboard works fine but isn’t receiving any power because of a bad power port.

The general rule of thumb for troubleshooting is that you want to rule out all other issues before deciding to replace/fix the motherboard because it is one of the more expensive components.

Dead pixels on a laptop screen look like dots that don’t change color no matter what they “should” display. Usually they are stuck fully white, black, red, green, or blue. You can sometimes ignore these screen pimples (I’ve got three on my display right now), but a large group can be super distracting. Use this dead-pixel checker webpage to find a stuck pixel.

This WikiHow guide provides some useful strategies for fixing a dead pixel, including flashing static on the screen via the JScreenFix website or applying slight pressure or heat to the stuck pixel area. If none of these fixes work, you can replace your display with some guides here on iFixit.

As explained in the “How a Laptop Works” section below, a computer produces heat which it MUST vent out. If your computer is hot, it’s not necessarily bad; the important statistic is the CPU temperature. If this reaches about 100 degrees Celsius, the computer will automatically shut off to protect itself. You can monitor the CPU temperature in Windows with a tool like RealTemp or on linux with the terminal command “sensors.”

The processor might be very hot if the heatsink or fan attached to it are clogged with dust. The best fix is to open up the computer and blow some compressed air into the fan to kick up the dust that builds up over years of use. You could also use a lint-free cloth or static-safe brush if you don’t want to hurt the environment. This iFixit news article explains some alternatives to compressed air (the “air” from a can of compressed air is really gaseous refrigerant chemicals which are pretty bad for the environment).

You might need a new battery. See the replacement guides here on iFixit or elsewhere on the web for instructions on removing the battery in your laptop.

Alternately, you might just be running intensive software on your laptop like a game, video editing suite, or a simulation program. These apps will eat through your battery like a teenager after a fast. You can check the current maximum capacity of your battery vs. it’s original maximum capacity using the “powercfg” command on Windows (guide here) or the “acpi” command on Linux (guide here).

Computers aren’t magic, though the power they provide is pretty magical. If you already know the ins-and-outs of computer tech, you can skip this section, but for the rest of the people out there this information might be helpful for the troubleshooting and repair tips shown in the section above. Much of this information is explained further on HowStuffWorks.

Let’s start on the outside of the laptop. The screen consists of an array of pixels which can each change their color individually. The resolution of the screen is measured as the number of pixels across the width and height of the display (e.g. 1920x1080 pixels). With some exceptions, the pixels in a display do not emit any light; instead, they change the color of light emitted by a backlight that sits behind the pixels. If either of these parts fails, they need to be exchanged in full.

On the inside of the laptop, the CPU (sometimes just called the “processor”) works as the brain of the machine. It executes all the code that comprises the programs you use everyday. The CPU generates heat which needs to be dissipated somehow—otherwise the computer overheats and shuts down. Lots of laptops have a heatsink to absorb heat from the CPU and a fan which blows cool air over this heatsink and moves warm air out the back/side of the device. If you remove the heatsink, you MUST apply new thermal paste to the CPU to allow for adequate heat transfer.

While the CPU works as the brain of the laptop, the motherboard is the nervous system. The motherboard is the thin board that takes up most of the space in the computer and is generally the largest component. It is made from fiberglass with tiny copper lines embedded in it that criss-cross the surface. These lines, usually called “traces,” allow the CPU to communicate directly with other pieces of the computer like the RAM and storage (see below). While some thick, older laptops have a socket for the CPU which allows it to be replaced, the two parts are often soldered together and cannot be replaced individually.

Before it is executed, the code used by the CPU is located in a temporary storage location called RAM. RAM components are either soldered directly to the motherboard (this makes repairers sad) or inserted into a slot on the motherboard (this makes repairers happy). In the second scenario, you can replace RAM that has gone bad or add more RAM to your computer; RAM soldered to the motherboard cannot be easily repaired except by a professional. This question on Quora explains why adding extra RAM isn’t always correlated to increased computer speed.

Your programs and documents are stored on a hard drive or SSD inside the laptop. Since hard drives literally consist of platters spinning at high-speed inside your laptop, they can eventually die or break with a sharp impact (shoutout to my resilient hard drive which survived being dropped down a flight of stairs). SSDs don’t share the same issues and are faster than hard drives, so performing a swap can make a big difference for your machine. Some SSDs, however, are soldered directly to the motherboard (not again!?) which makes it more difficult to repair without an expert technician.

The final component I’ll mention here is the battery. The battery provides power to the laptop when it is not plugged into the wall. The battery supplies this extra energy as the product of a chemical reaction that happens inside. Over time, this reaction produces unintended by-products and the battery wears out. Thus, the battery is fundamentally a consumable part and will need to be replaced after a certain amount of time. Some manufacturers glue down their batteries which (do you see a trend?) makes them harder to replace. If you’re feeling up for it, you can use some adhesive remover to remove this sticky manufacturing trick.

The refresh rate of a display is the number of times per second that the image refreshes on the screen. For example, a 60Hz display will update the screen 60 times per second.

Overall, the refresh rate determines how smoothly motion appears on your screen. For example, if you’re playing a game that has a lot of fast-moving action, a higher refresh rate can help improve your overall gaming experience to keep up with the action. A higher refresh can also help you get a better experience with smoother motion when you"re browsing the web or using a digital pen to write or draw.

A higher refresh rate can also reduce battery life because it uses more power. So if you"re using a laptop or tablet and want to save some battery, you could lower the refresh rate. However, that might also reduce the overall experience when you"re using your device.

Note:You might see the word “dynamic” next to some refresh rates that are listed. Dynamic refresh rates will increase the refresh rate automatically when you’re inking and scrolling, and then lower it when you’re not doing these types of things. This helps to save battery and provide a smoother experience.

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It seems counter-intuitive that a 120 Hz / 0.2 ms OLED display could outperform a 165 Hz / 3 ms LCD display rival — so how is this possible? Well, the LCD panel takes precisely 6.06 ms to refresh each frame, but it takes another 3 ms of response time to process the correct colors. That’s a total of 9.06 ms to fully load the image. A 144 Hz / 12.5 ms LCD display takes even longer, at 19.44 ms to show the full, final frame of each image. But with its extreme-speed response, a 120 Hz / 0.2 ms OLED display takes just 8.5 ms to process the same — making it even faster than a 165 Hz / 3 ms LCD display.