Green or red line on the screen: cables or entire display?

[julian77]

Hello all,
I have recently bought a Santa Rosa Macbook Pro (no warranty) that started to show this problem: when I move the screen just a little bit, a vertical, very thin green or red line appears on its left side (as in the image). As the machine is not under warant any more, I am becoming very worried, because a new display would cost too much.
So, the question is, could I just replace the cables of the display to get rid of the problem, or the entire screen must be replaced? Thanks.

 

[macdude69]

same thing happened to me
check out my old posts

apple replaced the entire monitor under warranty

for me at least, the line only appeared when i moved the lid at first (nevertheless it drove me nuts and I obsessed over it)
after a few months the green line turned into blue/red lines and sometimes would not go away

1 year later, i had to replace the logic board / dvd drive too

love the computer, but the SR MBPs have serious hardware issues

 

[julian77]

Thank you, macdude, i was hoping that I had to replace just the display cables. I couldn't find a straight answer anywhere. In any case, it is driving me nuts.

 

[mathcolo]

OP, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that generally around here we find Apple often replaces products that have very common problems. In your case, SR MacBook Pros have had lot of the graphic lines and other miscellaneous stuff.

Good luck and enjoy your MacBook Pro