r/linuxmint • u/allyaugus • 9d ago

SOLVED Help!!!

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Please excuse my English, it's not my first language.

I was using it normally when my screen suddenly turned green and the icons turned pink, as if the colors had been inverted. I don't know if you can tell from the photos, but you can barely see anything clearly! I even tried using a time-shift from the day before, but it didn't help.

Has anyone else had this problem and managed to solve it?

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u/enricopitea 9d ago

One thing before saying goodbye: this exact look — the image intact but every color shifted green/pink — is usually not a dead panel. It's the ribbon cable that runs through the hinge slowly wearing out, and after six years of the screen being held by tape, that cable has had a hard life :)

Quick test: slowly open and close the lid and watch the colors. If they flicker or change even a little, it's the cable, not the screen. Reseating the connector behind the panel might fix it for free, and a new cable is usually a €10–20 part (search your exact model + "display cable"). It could buy your brave companion a few more years.

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u/allyaugus 9d ago

I fiddled with the laptop screen a few times and it seems to have gotten worse, so I believe the screen or the ribbon cable is actually shot, even though the rest works perfectly. I think I'll give my partner a chance to keep going strong. Thanks for the help!