My monitor is broken

danipoz

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Hi, few months ago i started expiriencing vertical lines on my monitor every time i turn it on, i needed to put pressure on the line ends so it disapears, but today i got this , i can't even see the 1/4 of my monitor screen, It's an BenQ G2220HDA, i bought it like 4 years ago so it has no warranty, can this be fixed or should i get a new one?
Picture of the monitor: http://imgur.com/a/lRSoX
Also i can't see any cracks..
 
Solution
Yep, that's a cracked LCD, you could replace the panel (if you can find one), but you'll pay nearly as much for a new monitor with a more modern panel.
one of the layers that make up the screen has sustained massive damage.
my guess is the Liquid Crystal layer or the TFT layer are cracked, the crack looks to me to be along the white/black bleed edge.
the arrow made (pointing down) by the black is almost right where the line ends are, if too much pressure was applied a crack like that would appear, the fact that the line ends is right where you exerted pressure and where the "black arrow" is pointing makes me go with a cracked layer in the screen from too much pressure.