Subject: 701 going flaky ?

["Alexander J. Annala" <merlin@neuro.usc.edu>]

>Subject: 701 going flaky ?
>2) What worries me more is that twice I've seen the top half of the 
>screen (Dual Scan) show vertical colored stripes. They were about two
>to three pixels apart and a regular pattern of colors. The first time
>it went away the instant I pushed the screen to the back (to get a 
>better view). The second time I switched from W95 (640x480x65k) to 
>Bios (Fn-F1). The stripes disappeared partly, especially everywhere
>there was no text. This time, slightly twisting the screen (upper right
>hand corner forward, upper left hand corner backward and vice versa),
>once each way resolved the problem.
These are symptoms of loose or broken ribbon cable running between
motherboard and LCD display panel.  Pretty easy (low cost) to fix.
I wouldn't go twisting parts which are not intended to be twisted;
this would be inviting other problems to develop.  Get it fixed now.