Laptop screen - annoying line

Hi, this is my first time here, hope I'm in the right place...

Anyway about a week ago, my HP Pavilion N5472 laptop developed a horizontal line approx a quarter down the screen, and it just wont shift.

Changes colour when I visit a website with colours, for example if the site is white, the line becomes green, if the site is black the line turns grey.

Is there anything I can do to get rid of this line?

When I try to 'mouse over' the line, it appears that the mouse goes under the line.. if that helps to describe it :confused

Also is it likely that the line is an actual physical fault with the machine, or something to do with drivers and such.

Any responce would be gratefully recieved
Cheers

Tom

You might want to try a pixel tester to look for dead pixels. I have not used this program, but it should work fine:

http://www.dps.uk.com/freeware_DTP.htm

Tom

Cheers for that,

Have run the test thing, it comes up with a series of different colours, but the line acts the same...

Still visible, but after about 10 seconds slowly fades into a similar colour to the rest.

Tom

The line of pixels may be burning out. If your laptop is still under a warranty, I'd backup my personal data and send it in.

Tom

I'd like to second that option. Since the line is present regardless of what programs you run, its a hardware problem, and there's not really any way you can fix the lcd screen by yourself. Ship it back.