I’ve got 6 of those on my laptop. Think of your display as a piece of graph paper. There are electrical contacts at the ends of each grid line. Actually, there are 3 apiece, one for red, blue, and green each. If one of the contacts goes bad, you get a line. Laptop is a Dell, too, about 5 years old. Got a new screen for it last year, and the problem showed up about 6 months ago. Piece of crap. I can get a new screen fo about $150 if I install it myself. Probably not worth it.