I had this problem and it could either be the display itself or the driver to the disply.
The cost of iether id prohibitive and the chances of you soldering the replacement part is remote.
I would suggest 3 possibilities.
1)sell it to me as scrap...I can use the "other" parts
2)sell it on ebay for spares/repaires
3)look on ebay for someone selling for the same reason and buy theirs for parts after first establishing the display is ok
Hope this helps
Dave
davey.lad@ntlworld.com
Dave Newbould, January 2005