[ChuckAmuck]

Hello, everyone. I'm having a problem with the monitor of my HP Pavilion zv6233nr laptop. I bought my computer brand new about two and a half years ago. I've never had any display problems before this current problem. I put my computer on Stand By, then woke it up an hour later to find that the screen had a bunch of thin, colorful horizontal bars. I then shut down my computer and booted it back up again with no problem. This continued to happen off and on after either putting my computer on Stand By, Hibertating, or Shutting Down, but would always go back to normal after another reboot. That is, until a few days later. The thin, colorful horizontal bars appeared again, right after the Windows logo appears during boot-up, and ever since then I haven't been able to see anything but that unless I plug in an external monitor. The only time I can use my laptop now is if I plug another monitor into it, thus eliminating the portability of my laptop. Everything works like normal except the display. Can any of you help me out? I've searched long and hard for any help for this, but I can't find anything. I even chatted with an HP representative, but they won't help because my tech support warranty has expired. I would take it to a repair shop, but I'm currently in Brazil and the repairs are super expensive. I won't be going back to the United States until after March of next year. My PC information is below. If you need any other information about my PC, I'd be happy to provide it to you. Thanks for checking out my post.

Here's my computer info:

• HP Pavillion zv6233nr laptop
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3
• AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ 1.99 GHz 512 MB of RAM
• Display Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 Series

[ChuckAmuck]

So thanks for all the help, everyone. I haven't fixed the problem yet, but here's an update:

Well, I opened up my computer in hopes of finding the problem and fixing it, but all I found was a looooot of dust. I cleaned it all out but that didn't help the problem. I intended to find some loose wire or something, but I realized I had no idea what exactly I was looking for. Can anyone help me out as to what exactly I need to find inside my computer that relates to the display? I saw the graphics chip, but it was seated well in the board.