X300 partial screen flicker and solid colored lines

Hello all. Just opened my X300 tonight to find the lower-left quadrant of the screen flickering and some colored lines in the upper left-quadrant. The right half of the screen is viewable but pixelated. Anyone know if this is fixable? Loose cables, inverter?
thanks.
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mmster55 wrote:
Good point. I fiddled with my friends laptop after I was convinced I could fix his Dell screen. Its still sitting in my room 2 years later. Thanks for the info.
i am in the same boat with my T30, T40, T42.... i decided to pull them apart and have yet to put them back again, i think i have lost some of the screws too.....
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