Dark spot on laptop screen

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Several weeks ago a darker spot appeared on my screen (as seen in the attached picture, it's right under the "Super User" tab) and it looks as if there was some liquid behind the screen. When I physically press it, it doesn't change its shape and it didn't change its shape since it appeared (around 2 weeks ago). The spot is visible especially on white background and is very weak with black background.

I tried blowing hot air on it and rubbing strong magnet (from a hard disk) but neither helped nor made it change its shape.

Do you have any ideas what could have caused it? Additionally, do you know how could it be fixed besides using my warranty? The laptop is 4 months old, Asus UX530UQ.

Thanks

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Best Answer

If the dark shadow is immediately visible when you boot the laptop and when the BIOS is showing on the screen, then this is a hardware problem with the screen, so there is no other solution than using the warranty.

If the shadow only exists in Windows, then you could try the following very limited actions:

  1. Update the BIOS
  2. Update the driver of the video card
  3. Disconnect all peripherals, battery and power, press the power button for 15 seconds, then reconnect battery and power and boot.

The chances of success with the above actions are not very high.

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