Lightened screen and buzzing noise on Satellite A50

Hi there,
I have had a small issue with the screen on my laptop for a few months but its progressively getting worse. Once side of the screen was significantly lighter than the other but you can still see whats going on. As time went on the lightened area has become larger and now its covereing almost half of my screen.
There is also a buzzing noise that sounds like a shorting connector coming from the top edge of the laptop near the hinges. This noise random sometimes staying for hours and sometimes not appearing for hours.
From looking on the forums my guess is its a problem with the inverter but before i but one and start tearing my laptop apart i would like any comments for feedback about this problem to see if anyone else has had a similar issue.
Photo here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2527956/laptopscreen.jpg
Thanks for any feedback everyone.

hi durbs77,
jackpot! 2 parts defektiv!
got no A50 but:
the problem with the screen (halfpart whitend) may be a defectiv cable...
or the lcd (hard to say without testing)
the buzzing sound probably came (as said before) from the inverter...
but hey a jackpot is rare!
is this issue related to the angle you open the lid?
so exchange the display cable first (btw: it is the cheapest of the parts) and look if it works ok then...
only if you have still trouble change the other parts (lcd and inverter)
i make a bet that half the problem is the cable...

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