2008 Macbook Pro gets sections of vertical lines along the right facing side of the screen... the sections vary in colour when moving the display on its hinges, and is relieved slightly when applying upwards pressure to the bottom of the display.. cheers!

There are two different sections of the screen that get this effect... first off the closest to the right will distort about an inch in... then after some time another inch willl follow. the best way i can describe is a band of moving horizontal lines spreading virtically down the screen about an inch in width, changing in colour.
any help i much appreciated! obiously the mac is out of warranty... is there a 'do it yourself' approach i can take? replacing the lvds cable? just thought id ask first before i start taking things apart!
cheers guys!

Whoa, I think I just figured out what the problem is, but it's really wierd.
So, I didn't do anything about it, since it was a little expensive, and just used the laptop with an external screen (which works fine).
For some reason, I tried to use it as a laptop today, and it worked perfectly. I took it downstairs, and after a while it stopped working again, and the screen started doing all those wierd things it did as described in the original post. It was working fine for hours, upstairs.
Then somehow it hit me! The laptop had been upstairs in my computer/storage room (which happens to be freezingly cold atm, since I don't heat that room, let's say it's like max 8°C in here) for a long time, which means the laptop was also pretty cold.
Downstairs, in the living room, it's a lot hotter, about 20°C.
So, it seems to be temperature-related. Now, as crazy as this sounds, I tested it for 10 hours in a row.
I took it upstairs and downstairs at least 5 times. tried plugging in devices, using it with and without power supply, but whatever I did the result was the same:
-Use it upstairs (cold room): It works, I can do whatever I want to it, open and close the laptop as much as I desire, it keeps working as it should.
-Use it downstairs (hot room): It works for a while, even pretty long (as long as you don't close it and open it again). Once you open it downstairs after it has been there for a while, all issues pop up again.
Can someone please explain how this is possible ?

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