Please help...my screen is wacko and no one can help me

I have a toshiba satellite laptop...I bought it second hand in feb, and it was new in the fall of 08... I had no issues untill very recently it began having weird lines on the screen and freezing if I bump the screen, or move funny if its on my lap etc. I had someone suggest it could be the graphics card , i went to the toshiba site and downloaded and installed the driver etc... still have the trouble. I also had a suggestion that it could be the lcd cable going to the mother board...if this is the case, how expensive of an issue is this? am quite upset that it will totally ruin my screen and i'll be unable to use this comp!

If it happens when you bump the screen, then it sounds like a loose connection. Best to have a service center look at it. Another option is to use an external monitor.
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