Annoying green line flickering below Compaq Cq40 LCD

i dunno if it's because of the new BIOS i installed that caused it i upgraded from F.24 to F.30 version and after that suddenly there's this annoying green line flickering below my lcd screen..and my CPU temp now reaches to 60+ degree celcius whereas before the upgrade my CPU temp only rises up to 32 degree celcius.
I already flashed the F.30 BIOS and now it's back to F.24 the temp went down but the green line flickering below my LCD is still there..i checked for new updates for the graphics card but it says that it's up to date. so theBIOS has nothing to do with the flickering line after all i thought it was caused by the high temperature. Bought my laptop in Singapore last February no problems encountered until this one
BTW my laptop is a Compaq CQ40 319TU with Licensed Vista Home Premium OS.
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^^im from the Philippines too kababayan hope this will help here's a link of the list of HP's support center in the Philippines http://h20494.www2.hp.com/repairsearch/PH/default.htm
i brought my laptop in Baguio City support center the staff were very polite and approachable, the technician said the flickering line is 95% due to hardware problem.
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