Thanks Squeak

In searching the net, I read that if the display works on a tv monitor, it is not a video card,or inverter, but the LCD. Mine works fine on my tv. It shows 1/2 the screen on the laptop, and the other half is two broad bands of color. A new 17" screen is $200 plus labor. A tough call.
_________________________
pa4X 76 ,SX900, Audya 76,Yamaha S970 , vArranger, Hammond SK1, Ketron SD40, Centerpoint Space Station, Bose compact