I bought this sweet Sony X505 years ago….my girlfriend put it on the bookshelf between a few books not knowing what it was a few years ago and I just recently realized it (thought I lost it on the train)!!!

Anyway, long story short…I’ve been using it for about a month now as a web surfing netbook….and the screen is starting to show an issue.

See attached.

Any idea what this is?  Loose connection?  Bad screen, etc?  How much does a new screen for an X505 cost?  It only seems to be a problem on dark backgrounds….  however, it does show up all the time, even the bios.  It seemed to have gone away for a day or so, but now it is there all the time.