Question laptop display issue

jerH

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Dec 28, 2014
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A few months ago, a friend gave me an old HP Pavilion laptop with a broken LCD. I purchased a new panel and outfitted the computer with Linux for my son to use as a research laptop when he goes to speech and debate competitions. All was good until a few weeks ago when the display suddenly went "green" and very grainy. I opened the laptop up, disconnected the ribbon cable from the back of the panel, reconnected it and all was good again...for a few days. Now it's stuck in the green and grainy state and reseating the cable has no effect.

This is the panel I ordered
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VW4Q0Y/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

the laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6 (core i3 "entertainment PC")

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.