Display has vertical THIN green line...

Ordered.

How did you come to the LVDS conclusion, if you don't mind me asking?

I asked this question somewhere else a minute ago, but I cant seem to find it. But yeah, just wondering the process of elimination you used!

Experience ;-} Seen it a few times before.

The cable can get stressed if you're not careful when disassembling. You can also damage the connector header on the logic board or display.

I just swapped the cable from the original display i thought was bad onto the new display...no change at all. Took cable from new display and put it on original display. No change in either display, and all lines were still there...single green on new panel, and various colored lines on original panel. One cable is kind of folded over at the 90 degree bend, but the other is in good condition. Still think it's a cable? is there anything else it can be? Aside from the connector header? I mean can power supply be eliminated? can GPU be eliminated? I plan on using the guide tomorrow to remove the logic board to see if anything looks odd such as swollen caps or broken solder joints...

We can also look at this logically: You know the GPU is OK as you stated the external display did not show them. You also stated both displays showed the same defect. The only thing left is the interconnection between the logic board and display as well as the connection point of the cable on the logic board.

You've ruled out everything else as the system is working perfectly otherwise.

Take some pictures of the header on the logic board and the pins of the cable end. and post them here in a new answer. We need to see the pin surfaces as well as the headers solder joints and the clasps.

Ok, here we go...here is an Imgur link with a handful of pics in it:

http://imgur.com/a/azNss

I myself did not really see any issue, but another set of eyes is greatly appreciated. I used a macro lens but i had a case on my phone so it did not sit flush on the camera, hence the bowed/rounded look on some of the pics...the socket/LVDS cable end with the male socket on it is NOT bowed/bent despite what it looks like in the pics!