From: Jeffrey D Grinnell (grinnell_at_acunet.net)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 14:21:26 EST
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:10:27 -0700 (MST), Stuart Biggar 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.
>I had a similar thing happen on my 770E (PII 266, 224 MB, 8 GB disk).
>
>I sent it to Easy Serv and they replaced the inverter board and the
>CPU card. Seems to have cured the problem.
>
>
>I called IBM and they set up a return to Easy Serv. They promised
>4-5 day turn around but it was more like 10. My 770E does now work
>like it should.
>
Thanks for the information. Argg...I just wish this was covered under
warranty, but that ran dry a few months ago. (Why does everything
break right AFTER the warranty expires?)
I'll have to call IBM. Maybe this is a known defect and they'll be
willing to service it for free though it's out of warranty. It's worth
a call to find out anyway. Now I've got to track down the service
number and all of my paperwork.
Thanks again.
Jeff
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