laptop monitor issues like that are incredibly simple to fix.
just go in there and readjust the plugs.
Finally some sense.
Your laptop is fine, its most likely the screen connections. Picking up your laptop by the screen or handling it badly can damage wires, though its probably just general ware.
Look into the connections. Its worth fixing the screen. If the wires are screwed, look into replacing them. You can always get a replacement LCD if the problem is bigger. Though from the sound of things, its just a wire issue.
desktop, it may be ded.
though can an LCD flicker? sounds like some stuffhole old CRT monitor
Hmm, if his LCD is flickering, it might be screwed and need to be replaced. I know that laptop screens are controlled by a component inside the laptop, so maybe that has gone haywire.
Desktop monitors can be fixed. But sometimes its not worth it.