I have red lines on my computer.

How do i get rid of the red lines.

Hi @BJ183 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have read your thread on your HP Notebook and issues with red lines on your LCD screen. Here is a document on Resolving Video and Graphics Issues.
You can do a system restore. System restore will help if something automatically updated and did not go well on the Notebook.
When performing a System restore please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices as they can cause issues.
Try connecting the notebook to an external monitor with VGA or HDMI. Here is a document to show you how to do that if needed.
 If it doesn't happen on an external monitor we dealing with a hardware issue with the display not a graphics card.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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