From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 04 2000 - 19:20:46 EST
My 1451i and 1480i are TFT displays.
If your screen flickers on battery power but not AC, I would suspect a
power inverter
of some sort. I'm afraid my problem is farther into the display itself,
which is bad
since that means I'm more likely looking at replacing the power supply or
the back
light itself. Ah well.
--STeve Andre'
At 04:06 PM 11/4/00 +0000, LightSide/ Click wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 13:43:00 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote:
>
>I have flickering on my 365XD but only when on battery. For example, fire
>up MS Word
>and keep on AC. Nothing. Unplug it to let it run on battery and I'll get
>some occasional flicker.
>Which on a active matrix screen, that just should not be.
>
>When I was at my internship one tech said it might be a power inverter.
>But from what I see on
>this list, I'm not sure it's worth sending back to easyserve or not.
>
>I don't have your specs, but are both of you using active matrix machines
>or the HPA screens? I don't know
>off the top of my head (but I bet Bill knows. He knows everything!).
>
> >Interestingly, I am in the same boat as you. I'm writing this on a 1451i,
> >which
> >had its screen replaced more than a year ago for the pink-screen
> problem, and
> >just lately I've been noticing some flickering.
> >
> >I think it's related to screen brightness. If I take the brightness all
> >the way
> >down I don't think I get much flickering at all, if any. Also, it seems to
> >come
> >and go.
> >
> >At this point I'm not sure what the problem is, but I more suspect the power
> >supply for the backlight display, if in fact my turning the brightness down
> >does
> >really help stop it. If it is a power supply problem, rest assured that
> >we'll both
> >have dead screens eventually. (sigh)
> >
> >I think this is going to be one of the longer term waeknesses in the i
> Series
> >units, display flicker. My 1480i seems to have avoided this, so
> hopefully it
> >doesn't affect all units.
> >
> >STeve Andre'
> >
> >At 12:34 PM 11/4/00 -0600, Chuck S. wrote:
> >>My i1723 TP LCD occasionally flickers. I had this problem once before, but
> >>it went away when the screen was replaced by Easy-serve for an entirely
> >>different reason. A year later, it's back. It seems to have coincided
> with
> >>using a new battery, although I use an AC adapter almost exclusively. Or,
> >>could it be related to the change in weather (temperature and humidity).
> >>I'll probably send it to Easy-serve again if it gets worse, but I'm
> >>wondering if just reseating the LCD connector might solve the problem. Is
> >>this something I can do myself? Any other ideas?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Chuck
> >
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