From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 14:31:40 EDT
The flickering LCD is probably due to the cable.
You can find complete LCD assemblys on ebay for $30.00 or so, so just
replace it.
Just make sure you get the right one - there are several models for 760
series machines
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Haertig" <haertig_at_isl.tm.fr>
To: "Thinkpad_list" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: Infrared on TP760EL, Bingo!
> Hi
> I had tried many times to use the IR link without success some months
> ago. People
> on the list had tell that IR works only seldom on the TP760.
> I have a flickering back light LCD (except if the laptop is "warm") for
> more than one year and I guess it's due to connector problems.
>
> Yesterday I put away the keyboard and the LCD to look around.
> When I reassemble the stuff, error 163: clock error in the BIOS. Normal,
> the BIOS has had a "hard" reset since BIOS battery (in the keyboard) was
> disconnected.
> But this hard reset has enabled the use of IrDa which now work fine but
> slowly
> (5kB/s).
>
> Unfortunately the LCD still flickers !
>
> Let me tell you the pleasure to read your posts.
>
> --
> J.H.
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