So the new laptop has a slight issue. Every now and then a sliver of the top of the screen flickers white...it has done the same on linux/KDE, windows and even a tty shell, so it's probably a hardware issue, right?
Loose screen connector maybe? I'm scared to re-connect the connector because on my old laptop it took a lot of fiddling to get it back in and working.
@mightyspaceman uh, yeah that’s a hardware issue, especially if it appears when you are in the bios config screen. If that happens, take a video of the behavior and get a warranty repair
@jpm ah well I did it anyway, not sure if it actually updated though because it said something like "BIOS self-healing backup progressing" after it did it's thing.
probably because I used ventoy instead of actually flashing the iso.
But I didn't see any flickering in the BIOS, and haven't seen any yet
@jpm support passed me on to one of the more experienced guys...as in the kind that you get sent to when it's not a simple matter of turning it off an on again.
had me update the BIOS again, it says it was up to date so that means the one I did myself stuck...had me wiggle the monitor...no result
opened a case for me and said that I could reply to the email with it connected to an external display to check if it is a display or motherboard issue. If it's not they can send an onsite technician or give a refund
@jpm alright the technician came around while I was at school, didn't tell them that I had possibly bricked it soooo they're basically going to replace the mobo after deciding that it's basically a goner
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