Bottom half of Laptop screen flickering

[bho19982012]

The bottom half of my laptop (HP Pavilion 17t-ab200) screen flickers. When I move the laptop screen, a horizontal line appears in the middle of the screen and half of the screen is normal whereas the other half is discolored and frozen. When I move my mouse to the bottom half it feels like it's slower there. 

I have never dropped this laptop. I use it on a daily basis and it only started happening about last week. 

[The_Fossette]

@bho19982012,

Welcome to the HP Forums!

Thank you for posting your query on this forum, it's a great place to find answers.

Don’t worry, I assure you I will try my best to get this sorted.

In order that I may provide you with an accurate solution, I will need a few more details.

• When was the last time the computer was working fine?
• Have you made any software or hardware changes on the computer?
• Have you performed any troubleshooting steps before posting?

While you respond to that, I recommend you update the BIOS and the graphics driver from the below link and check whether the issue is resolved.

BIOS: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp88501-89000/sp88780.exe

Nvidia Graphics: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp85001-85500/sp85045.exe

Intel Graphics: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp85001-85500/sp85428.exe

If you continue facing the issue, I recommend you boot to the BIOS by tapping the F10 key on startup and check whether the issue persists in BIOS.

Let me know how it goes and you have a great day!

If you wish to show appreciation for my efforts, mark my post as Accept as Solution. Your feedback counts!

Cheers!

[bho19982012]

Sorry for the late reply. My screen was working fine the last couple days without any flickering. But, the problem has returned.

Before I answer your questions about my screen, I want to make one thing clear: when I tilt the screen back just a little bit and hold it there, the screen itself returns back to normal. So I have a feeling the problem at hand has to do with the physical components. I connected the monitor to a second one and everything was fine. 

This started happening around November 1st. 

I have not made any changes.

As previously stated, I connected my laptop to a second monitor and everything was perfectly fine. I restarted my laptop, ran it through safe mode and nothing changed.

[Raj1788]

@bho19982012

It looks like you were interacting with @The_Fossette, but he is out for the day & I'll be glad to help you out. 

I'm Raj1788 & I'm at your service. 

I have sent you a private message, for the further course of action that cannot be shared in a public post.

Can you please check your inbox on the forums page for the private message.

Have a great day!