Darnassus wrote:
Umm.. you said you removed the keyboard, and the ribbon. Am I to assume you have dismantled the unit before?
Does your laptop work 100% fine, but start to artficact when it warms up?
Connected an external screen, to see if the problem persists?
Some Steps for now:
Take the ribbon off again, and lightly scrub the terminals with isopropyl 100% with a dental brush. Then reattempt.
Also, try tapping the back of your screen instead of the palm rest, see if the artifacts change even MORE. Try to zero in on the optimum location that affects the screen.
Check GPU temperatures as well.
This is my first time dismantling this laptop. I did it because of this issue to check for loose display cables any other other problems. The laptop has gone through 3 SATA HHD's in 18 months, so I was checking for any other loose connections.
Artifacts happen immediately upon start up. They don't get any better or worse the longer it stays on.
Plugging a monitor in via HDMI doesn't work as the computer doesn't detect any monitor plugged in. Looks like Fn + F8 should switch to external, both that key combo and manually detecting displays in the Display Settings doesn't work.
Tapping on the screen doesn't change the artifacts at all. But this time I started it without the keyboard/trackpad plugged it at all and tapping anywhere doesn't change the artifacts.
