There could be few reasons for your laptop to keep turning off. It might be due to overheating or a failing battery. If it randomly turns off when unplugged, there is a chance it could be a faulty battery. The laptop also can out in 2010 it looks, so it could be overheating due to the heat sink being clogged or thermal paste starting to dry out. You could use a tool like HWinfo to check the temperatures.

@lesolepeter all of this actually sounds like a bad touchpad. Looks like the touchpad is part of the palm rest. Use the Dell Latitude E6410 E6410 Service Manual to work on it. Worst case scenario would be to replace that. Also, take a look at this video and see if it is helpful.

Let us know what you find out.

Your next step would be... is to take out the battery, then place a towel of some sort between the Keyboard and Display, close it up and let it sit upside down for about a week, then try to turn it on. It will take about that long for the water to evaporate. The thing is, you tried to turn it on right away while it was presumably wet that MIGHT have shorted something already.

This model of laptop is getting old at this point, if you've never done it, it may be advisable to open it and see if there is any significant dust build up and clear it.

It might also be worth replacing the thermal compound on the CPU (and GPU if required)

Hey Brent,

Did it happen to get physically hit with anything, or dropped? Other than replacing the LCD Screen itself you could try a few things.

-You can try updating your graphic driver.

-Make sure you are on the native resolution.

-You can try the built in troubleshooter, but we all know how that usually goes.

A couple questions:

Do the lines appear in the BIOS? Or only when it is fully booted? If not try a clean boot. This would at least help in determining if the screen is junk.

If you apply slight pressure to the screen do the colors change? If so that is usualy a good sign it is the screen itself.

Hope this helps.