Lenovo IdeaPad laptop display issue -- need help/idea how to proceed with repairs

[NurseRN]

Hi fellas'!

I figure I'd post this here and get help from the pros.

My mother had this laptop out of the patio and my little nephew, allegedly, splashed quite a bit of water on the “screen only” but not, as my mother described, on the rest of the unit, keyboard, etc. My guess is, as I wasn’t there to see it, that water had to have splashed all over but can’t say for sure.

The laptop is basically behaving as shown in the video posted in the link below (I made a little webpage with same description and a short video of the laptop being on, showing the behavior in question), the second I turn the laptop on. This behavior continues, indefinitely or until I do a hard shut down by pressing the power button and waiting a few seconds until the unit shuts down completely.

Link to the video: http://www.arcomtech.net/laptopissue/Laptop.html

No other other sounds or anything else can be heard/observed. The laptop otherwise, when plugged into an external flat screen monitor via the available VGA connection, outputs just fine (video displays fine).

My question -- is this a display panel issue only or anyone thinks that it might be a more complicated fix, involving the circuity board(s)?

I thank you all for your anticipated advice/ideas/thoughts!

Adrian R. (NurseRN)

 

[alzan]

My initial guess would be that the liquid damaged the electronics on either the laptop display itself or the video connector on the motherboard inside the laptop. Since it displays just fine on an external display the graphics chip on the motherboard wasn't affected.

Did you buy a "Accidental Spill or Damage" warranty with this laptop?

What kind of warranty if any did you buy with the laptop?

 

[NurseRN]

Hi Alzan! Thanks for your input! No warranty on this laptop of any kind. I'm only trying to establish enough evidence and hope that it's an easy (display swap) fix and not something far more complicated! I'm trying to see of I can make this laptop whole again so that I don't have to buy another laptop for my mom (who can care less, obviously, about its not-so-impervious nature of these electronics .

So maybe is only the display, which is what I'm really hoping. I'm going to hold out and see if anyone here might have actually had this very issue and what the fix/diagnostic was to get the unit back alive.

Thanks again! Much appreciate it!