Toshiba Satellite a665 screen distortion.

[rahtheone]

I have a toshiba satellite a665 and the screen distorts when the brightness is too low. What is causing this?

 

[Malnutrition]

I've seen this caused by bad or loose ram.

Try and re-seat your laptops ram modules. By that I mean take it out, then put it back in. Making sure that the ram modules are snug when you replace them.

Note!! Make sure and remove all power from the machine, prior to working on it. Unplug it -- take out the battery -- hold the power button for 20 seconds.

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[rahtheone]

Tried it. Didn't work, I've had this problem for 2 yrs and just recently it has gotten worst.

 

[jmarket]

Hey rahtheone and welcome

It can be caused by the flex cable becoming loose on the motherboard. I'll tag @Madmatt2006 to assist you if he can. He does repairs and is much more knowledgeable about laptops and their boards. He can better tell you what the issue is

 

[Malnutrition]

To add to what Jmarket says, you should try each ram stick one at a time.

 

[Rustys]

One more thing to add to their ideas does it do this using an external monitor?

Also does the splash screen and BIOS look ok?

 

[Rustys]

@rahtheone do you have any new information?

 

[veeg]

Do you have any updates for us? After 48 hrs this thread will be closed.