I tried this today to no avail. Are you referring to pressing along the screen side of the bezel or the side of the computer?

The strange part is that touching this part of the screen doesn't present the typical effect of rubbing a finger across an LCD. Normally, a "Jello"-type effect will be seen when one presses a finger against a screen. On this one, the yellow stripe doesn't show any ripples, distortion, etc--it's like it's a big piece of masking tape.

My next thought is to open this guy up and look at the connector. Any thoughts on this?