A single red line on screen

I started up my Macbook today and a single red line appeared on my screen. I tried resetting the LCD (Control, Shift, Eject), but that did nothing. The Macbook was purchased in 2008, so I am out of my extended warranty.
What do I do? Please advise kindly.

this can be caused by:
bad bios (even though they never mentioned it was a dell)
monitor going bad
graphics card chip is going bad
connection between the monitor and your motherboard is bad (bad cable, lose cable)
your eyes going bad (haha jk jk)
u can play around with the setting and end up frustration, or you can bring it in to geek squad and have them take a look at it.
if you bought the computer from best buy and bought the protection service plan/geek squad black tie protection plan, they will be able to take a look at it and hopefully it will be covered (depends on what's causing it)
if you bought the computer from best buy and did not buy the protection plan, or u didn't buy the computer from best buy at all, they will charge you $69 for a diagnostic fee, and they will tell you an estimate on how much it will cost for you to fix.

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