I have a Latitude E5500 series with a matte screen. It is almost 3 years old. The pixels along the top and side edges of the screen have slowly been going black. The top edge had lost up to 1/2 inch of display in some places. (see picture 1 from two weeks ago) Today there is a large black half circle at the top that is six inches wide and an inch thick (see picture 2). Strangely, some of the top edge that was black before now works again..
I assume it is related to the slight pressure it receives when in my computer backpack. It was not dropped or crushed or anything unusual. Are these laptops too fragile to transport?
Do you think that replacing the screen will fix this? Or is this a different problem? It is not under warranty any more so I may try to replace it myself. I see a video on YouTube about that. Any suggestions?
Picture 1 (two weeks ago)
Picture 2 (today - below)
