Screen shows nothing but lines

Sounds hardware-related. Have you got a SuperDrive? If so, boot from that to test.
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1/3 of the screen shows nothing but black

I searched all over the internet, and I am afraid I am the only person who has encountered this problem.
I was watching a movie through air video, and the video freezes. When I hit the home button, 1/3 of the screen is still showing the frozen frame of the movie. No matter what I do, that section of the screen continues to show the frozen frame.
I turn the iPad off then back on, that section now is completely black. The iPad works fine except for that section showing nothing.
I have gone into general settings and reset, and I have held home and the lock button to reset as well. Nothing has worked.
How can this be? Did the application fry the video connection or the display? It seems quite impossible for an application to affect hardware this way. I am also overseas in a country where the iPad has not been released yet, I feel very helpless. Please help.

Next try is to connect to your computer and do a wipe and restore. First try restoring from you backup (iTunes makes one automatically). If that does not fix it do a wipe and restore to factor new configuration without any apps or dat/files installed to see if it works that way. If that does not work, make an appointment at an Apple store or call Apple Care.

HT1414 I just tried to update to IOS 7 but after it completed, my iphone screen shows nothing but a USB cord and the iTunes Logo even when connected. Help Please!

Today I was updating my phone to the newest IOS 7 and after it finished downloading. An error showed up on my screen telling me it was unable to update. So I decided to just unplug my phone and maybe do it later but on my screen I have a USB cord and the iTunes logo asking me to connect. So I hooked it back up and still at this point my iTunes will not connect and when I unplug the phone the screen stays the same. I have tried turning off the phone and restarting and both times the screen goes back to the connect screen.. How can I fix this?

I have tried the steps to fix it but no solution! Please someone tell me what to do!

T61 shows nothing but a black screen...

I'm working on a Lenovo T61 notebook, and shows nothing but a black screen with a cursor no POST no nothing. What could the solution to that? Please help it's agent...

take the out hdd first, and see what happens. Also you may want to take the ram out and then restart.
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Is it a common occurance for an iPad 4th gen to just blank out and stop working? The screen shows nothing at all, no sounds but it registers on my computer when connected.

Is it a common occurance for an iPad 4th gen to just blank out and stop working? The screen shows nothing at all, no sounds but it registers on my computer when connected.

A reset may help. Tap and hold the Home button and the On/Off buttons for approximately 10-15 seconds, until the Apple logo reappears. When the logo appears, release both buttons.
No content is affected by this procedure.

HT200197 My Apple TV just has a white blinking light. Will not turn off. The TV shows nothing but the Apple logo. It worked fine yesterday. PS - I am not an IT person. :)

My Apple TV just has a white blinking light. Will not turn off. The TV shows nothing but the Apple logo. It worked fine yesterday. PS - I am not an IT person.

pull the plug for 30sec and try reconnecting power
if that don't help
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Restoring your Apple TV - Apple Support

Battery shows nothing but still works

MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo Battery shows nothing but still works, why?

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Equium A300D-16C turns on but the screen shows nothing/stays black

Hi there, I have a Toshiba Equium A300D-16C laptop.
It was fine until now...
When I press the power button, my laptop turns on but the screen remains black / off.
HDD indicator doesn't flash or anything ... ( in case this helps )
I've also tried to remove the battery, hold the power button for 30s and plug the power cord back in... Same thing laptop turns on but screen is black.
I tried to connect my laptop to my PC's monitor using HDMI cable but no success... Laptop turned on but my pc's monitor was showing nothing.
I haven't changed anything inside my laptop or unscrewed it.
PS:
I quite often kept my laptop on the bed/pillow so it may have something to do with overheating or something.
How did I get to this point:
Yesterday my laptop was fine, there was nothing wrong with it... I switched it off at night but when I tried to switch it back on this morning that's where I faced this problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Rejanu.

Hello
> I tried to connect my laptop to my PC's monitor using HDMI cable but no success... Laptop turned on but my pc's monitor was showing nothing.
Its very good that you have this test with an external monitor because so you could make sure its not related to internal monitor and its working properly.
Well, you have tried a lot so my personal opinion is its a serious hardware malfunction It could be related to mainboard or CPU in my opinion
I think such hardware diagnostic can only be done from an authorized service provider. I think you should contact the guys. They can help you to get rid of this problem :)

Macbook Pro screen shows white/black lines all over the screen

I recently run into this problem where my macbook shows white/black lines on the screen. I have to reboot to overcome the problem.
I have attached pictures for reference.
Did any body else expereince this problem?
Thanks, M
http://i45.tinypic.com/15s92yf.jpg
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Look as if you're having a GPU glitch. If I were you, I'd take the computer into your local Apple Store and run extensive diagnostics on it. You can do a basic hardware check yourself, using the Apple Hardware Test.
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I restored my non functioning ipad to factory settings on itunes and I can see the ipad on itunes but the screen is still showing nothing but a very dark blue/black screen. Can I correct this myself?

Ipad won't turn on. when you press the home/on button the screen lights up a little to a dark blue/black screen.
I've forced it into recovery mode, restored it to factory settings on itunes. I can now see it on itunes but nothing is coming up on the ipad.
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Frozen or unresponsive iPad
Resolve these most common issues:
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http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/ipad/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3274
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I can turn my macbook on, but the screen shows nothing!!!

I closed my laptop yesterday night, without shutting it down, and every thing was OK.
Today, i opened it, and nothing shows up, i thought the battery is empty so i plugged it to the power, also, nothing shows up.
I removed the battery and re plugged it, tried to turn it on, then i heard the CD ROM working as usually, and nothing appears on scree.
Is it a technical problem with no reason, or what!
I have to solve it soon.

See if this Discussion offers any insight...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15193343#15193343

Which means when the iphone is working and doing normal noises but the screen shows nothing?

my phone is making normal noises, such as vibrate to connect with the charger, the noise of Blocking and unlock, but the screen is all black

Hi https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6267396,
If you are having an issue with your iPhone giving you a black screen, I would suggest that you follow the steps in this article -
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
Specifically -
Display has no backlight or dark screen
Toggle the ringer switch to see if the unit vibrates. If it does, it could be that iPhone is getting power, but is not displaying any image.
Try turning iPhone off and then on again.
While connected to the iPhone charger, try to reset the iPhone.
If the low-battery screen appears, charge the iPhone.
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Powerbook Al 1.25GHz screen shows yellow boxes/lines

My five year old AlPB recently started showing yellow lines/boxes on the screen. The first time it happened I was in safari and quitting fixed the problem, it then happened later that day and quitting didn't fix anything. i rebooted twice with no luck, then booted up with leopard DVD and it was fixed. A week later the same thing happened and after multiple reboots nothing fixed it. I reset the PRAM and no luck. Then i ran the hardware test and halfway through the test while it was checking the RAM it fixed its self and everything passed the test. However after waking it from sleep twice it has again showed these lines/boxes (but now only in the finder not in other applications) and a restart has resolved the issue. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this. I took a screenshot and the picture contained the lines indicating that it is a hardware problem not the LCD. Thanks for you help.

From what I gather, there is a whole slew of us with all the same problem whether its single lines that multiply as time goes by or for us earlier ALPB owners, we get a whole screen full of intermittent checkered patterns, but since these machines are all a couple years old and out of warranty I am pretty sure Apple is not going to be much help. They'd rather us dip into our pockets and buy new computers than to spend some big bucks themselves and stand behind their products.
The only good news is that if you are handy enough to disassemble the machine and send only the logic board to a reputable lab, they can re-solder the video chip back in place and this solves the problem for about $60 to $100. This seems to be better than dishing out anywhere between $250 to $700 for a new logic board, which runs the risk of having the same defect 2 to 3 years down the road since they don't seem to have been built right the first time.
If you want to know if you have the exact same problem that most of us all have, then press on the case above the track pad or from the bottom in about the same area. Not hard, but just enough to flex the logic board a little inside. You will notice that it temporarily fixes the problem, but don't get too happy. Working that lose video chip back and forth only worsens the problem, so soon you it will be to a point where it will only help if you constantly hold pressure in a key spot which is unique to each PB.
It's too bad though. I was just beginning to really think Apple was different.

P67A-GD65 (B3) Screen show nothing.

Hi.
Spec :
MOBO : MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU : MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
RAM : Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3S8N9K2/4G
PSU : Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
CPU : Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
OP : Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits
So here's my problem.
I've bought this Computer about two week ago, assembled it myself, for the first week i had no problem at all. After that the computer would sometimes, pretty often, crash and restart on it's on. When windows would be open again i would get a message telling me that it was a bluescreen, i was never able to go and look at the minidump cause each time my computer would crash again before i could reach it.
I updated all the driver i could, did as much Windows update i could, the problem persist. Seeing as i even formated and reinstalled windows i think i can say that's not the problem.
Now, i'm at the point where i can't even do anything cause the last time it crashed i lost my screen, it's all black. I can see from the MOBO that all the light for the CPU are On and i can hear the fan, but nothing else seems to happen, i tried to plug-in my speaker so that i could hear the Windows Sound when it's done loading, but nothing.
Now i'm wandering about the next step ? How do i confirm which of my component is the problem ?
Thanks for the help.
What i was doing while it crashed ? Nothing, just browsing.

Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately i don't have another Computer to test with, i've got to use a friend's laptop to post here.
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When in the OS, uncheck Automatically Restart in the Settings of Startup & Recovery. Then the BSOD will remain visible long enough to get the Stop: error code.
Well i can't reach the OS. If i'm ever able to reach it though i will do it. Is this something that i show Always do, unchecking the Automatic Restart and never checking it again ?
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Clear CMOS and test with just 1 piece of RAM. Run it for a week to see if there is any issues.
Will try this.
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In that message box, there is a button that allows you to expand the dialog to see the detail. That contains the BSOD code.
Yeah i already knew about this, problem is whenever i would expand the window it seemed to me that the Computer would restart faster, not giving me enough time to save that code.
Thanks again everyone.
Strange that you're suspecting the PSU, my 12v Rail should be strong enough, my first guess would have been the MOBO since i crashed in bios.

Worked for 2 hrs. then black screen and nothing but lights in front and back lit

Bought this a year ago and put in closet till Saturday so I install it and it works great then 2 hrs. later I come in and screen is black. I press button on mouse nothing I press buttons on keyboard nothing. I press power button to turn off the computer wait 1 min turn on lights light makes some noise but nothing. monitor is good because I tried my old one which I am using now. When it is connected to the computer it says no signal.

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