From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 14:06:21 EST
My guess, based upon many thinkpads and several flat panel displays, its
hardware and its only a matter of time..
Jeffrey D Grinnell wrote:
> I've got a factory refurbished Thinkpad 770 that I've had for over a
> year now. Aside from a bit of peeling paint from the palmrest area it
> has served me well.
>
> Recently, however, I've been experience random blanking of the display.
> The display will simply go black. I've checked my settings for the
> display under the power management and that doesn't seem to be the
> problem. The blanking of the display happens at random times anyway so
> I doubt it is related to the power management software.
>
> Once the screen blanks I can get the display to turn on again by
> hitting Fn + F7 to toggle the display between
> external/internal/external+internal. This has worked every time, but
> I've also seen the display blank again within seconds of turning it on.
>
> I've also noticed that the problem seems to occur more frequently soon
> after I restart from a suspend. Could it be that I'm seeing the
> beginning of the end for the display lamp? If so what kind of estimate
> can someone give me to have this repaired as I believe my unit is now
> out of warranty (one year on refurbed units)
>
> Just to be complete...I'm running Warp 4.0 fixpack 8 using the v1.2
> video drivers available from the Thinkpad device driver matrix. I have
> not as yet booted to my Win95 partition to determine if the problem
> occurs there as well; something I will definately do before I opt to
> send the unit off for service.
>
> Jeff
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_gate.net
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