Display malfunction at Satellite L300

Hi All out there in computer land.
I've had a L300 for some time now and its been a great machine, however the other day I swiched it on and there are now lines across the display at various points. Some of the lines don't start at an edge and don't finish at an edge. It looks like its 'bleeding' at different points.
It looks like the display is faulty. I must stress that my laptop does not move from its place of use (on a table) and the display is left open and nobody could have come into contact with it. _ I know it has not been damaged._
I have displayed just a white screen (disconnected video cable) and the problem is still there.
Thanks for your help in anticipation.
Fred216

Hello Fred
My advice to this issue is simple: contact nearest Toshiba authorized service provider and let them check your notebook. It must be new notebook with valid warranty.
So don't waste your time and let them repair your notebook.

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Hi,
I would like to give my 2 cents to this post (and the answers from Toshiba):
>{quote}I have a Toshiba Satellite L300 1BD (Model PSLB8E). I was usinng the VGA output to connect to my LG tv. It worked fine until last week. All of a sudden the TV doesn't get reckognized by the laptop anymore. The TV says that no external device is connected. I have tried different things: starting up with the TV connected and not connected through the VGA cable, pressing the FN+F5 button, removing the battery and pressing the powerbutton, checked for the latest videodriver, removed the existing driver and installed it again...unfortunately without any result. I also tried to hook the TV up with a different VGA cable, but no result. It's not the TV, because i did try to hook the laptop up to a TFT monitor and it didn't work as well. Tested the VGA cable with my friends laptop: it works perfect. {quote}
> {quote}The strange thing is: if i hook the TV up to the laptop, i can hear the laptop is making the 'new hardware detected' sound and the laptopscreen even turns black for a second, then everything appears back on the laptopscreen. If i check the graphic properties with the rightclick on my desktop, i can see that they are no set for 'clone device'. As if the laptop knows, something is connected, but just can't transfer the image to the TV screen. {quote}
>{quote}The graphic adapter is a Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family.{quote}
>{quote}The OS is Vista Home Basic (32). {quote}
>{quote}It's a shame the VGA output seems to be out of order since i watch tons of video's and movies through my laptop on the TV screen. I don't know if this could be a software or a hardware malfunction. If anyone has an idea or some clue, please let me know. Thanks in advance! {quote}
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Thanks xaver, but I've already tried stormng-20070827133046.zip and it remains the same :(
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