From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Apr 23 2000 - 03:41:32 EDT
Send that thinkpad in for service..
its a hardware problem..
i have seen this on other thinkpads (usually older) and on my philips
flat panel display, which also has the worst colors between the h/p and
IBM TFT displays..
IBM being the best color of all..
Tom Trottier wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Is there any correlation with low temps? Could be electrical, or LCD
> related.
>
> Tom
>
> At 2000 April 8 - Saturday 13:43, Mark Lemon <mlemon_at_hickseq.com>
> spoke about *RE: What is the "pink screen" probl...* saying
>
> > on my TP600, about one out of 3 times I start the box all
> > the white letters have a pink/static/halo effect. The MS
> > Windows logo looks like a tie-dyed tee shirt, and the main
> > screens icon fonts are streaked with the pink static so as
> > to be unreadable. When I start MSWord, the white sheet of
> > paper is pink.
> >
> > Sometimes the DOS text starts pink, but the problem "cures"
> > itself when the LCD jumps to graphics mode. Moving the
> > screen back and forth (assuming it is a bad ribbon cable)
> > appears to have no effect (I'm gentle). Only a cold boot.
> >
> > My frustration is sometimes it will happen over and over,
> > whilst other times it will go for a couple days without
> > problem. Fortunately, I almost exclusively use a docking
> > station, so my normal monitor & working is unaffected.
> >
> ...
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