From: sehh of H.I.C. & D.B.S. (sehh_at_altered.com)
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 06:02:06 EDT
On Mon, 08 May 2000 15:45:19 -0700, Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
>The small switch that senses lid open/close is stuck in the
>closed position (had this happen with an older ThinkPad 755CX-
>blew out the switch area with compressed air and things started
>working right. The switch might also be going bad ...
ok i'll try to blow some air into it and see if that helps.
>The inverter board is on its last legs. I have had them fail on
>both a 765D and a 770E - using Fn-F4 or open/closing sometimes
>turned the inverter on - getting an image. If this is the
>problem, the machine is actually running and there is stuff
>on the display but you can't see it as the backlight is off.
>Shine a VERY bright light onto the screen to see if there is
>anything there (mouse pointer in Windows for example). If
>the mouse moves, or you can see text with the bright light,
>your inverter board needs replacing. Easy Serv fixed our
>two machines - so far so good.
>There may be many other things that would cause your problem
>but I have had the above two happen.
hmm its just 2 months old, so i was hoping that i wouldn't get these
sort of problems... oh well... i'll see what happens in the next few weeks
and if the problem appears more often i'll have it sent to ibm.
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