4 Vertical coloured lines on my screen

I bought this ibook in August 2005 in Brighton, England, UK. For the first 3 months it worked with no problems. I then noticed 4 vertical lines on the screen. The lines run form top to bottom of the screen and they are evenly spaced across the screen. They are orange, yellow, purple and white and about 1mm across.
Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Many thanks,
Pete

Hi Hanoipete,
Welcome to Apple Discussions,
You may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #22194 on About LCD display pixel anomalies as well as try running PiXel Check. If all else fails, bring it to your local Apple Store and see if they will replace it.
Jon
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