Spectre x360 13-ae013dx screen black with lines flickering

[BTS20]

Hello,

I've had nothing but problems with this Laptop since purchasing 2nd hand.  I spent some time troubleshooting why the TB2 connector wouldn't recognize an external monitor and never got that resolved.   Now the screen has completely stopped working.  It's basically a black screen with flickers which all in all leads me to think this is an issue with the onboard Intel video controller.  Since it's onboard, I'm thinking I will have to actually replace the mainboard to resolve this. 

See here:

So, before I go down the main board replacement route, I wanted to ask the community if they had any experience with this issue or other thoughts on root cause/resolution?  

Model:  Spectre x360 13-ae013dx 

Product number:  2LU96UA

Questions: 

Do you think my diagnosis as a hardware issue is correct?

Is replacing the main board the only option?

Any advice on where to get a mainboard for this unit at a reasonable cost?

Thanks in advance!

-Brandon

[iomare]

Hi,

In my opinion, it is the Display panel that has become defective. The official fix is really expensive as it the whole display assembly comes as one part

service manual

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05811755.pdf

You might be able to find a compatible panel or panel/touch/bezel for less

Hope it helps,

David

[BTS20]

Thanks, I'll look into the lcd panel. 

However, since this laptop will not recognize an external monitor via the TB2 connector as per another thread I had opened do you still think it's LCD and not something on the mainboard?  I even purchased an HP G2 dock (2uk37ut) that is compatible with this laptop and it doesn't work...

Here is my other thread:  https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/Spectre-x360-13-ae013dx-not-detecting...

Thanks,

Brandon