Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad A31p Screen Corruption - an update

I wish I'd looked at this earlier. This has happened to two A30p's
I deal with. Both happened last year; when I send mine in IBM
freaked out and said I had a toxic thinkpad...

But the problem sounds nearly exactly the same, which was in
the video memory. I run OpenBSD and it popped up nicely
there, and the other person ran Windows.

You might want to tell them this. Sigh -- makes me wonder when
this A31p I have is going to do that. Ah well...

--STeve Andre'

On Friday 06 February 2004 06:30 pm, Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <629166468.20040207093232@nthbit.net>, Felix Barbalet writes:
> >Screenshot of the problem:
> >http://nthbit.net/felix/thinkpad/screen.gif
>
> Woah!
>
> I have EXACTLY the same problem, only it's not normally quite as bad.
>
> It only started happening recently - last few days. I can reliably fix
> it, however. The solution? Nudge the case, jostle it. Reseating the
> left UltraBay device seems to fix it almost every time - or cause it
> sometimes.
>
> While I was at dinner, it started happening (while running X windows, under
> NetBSD - definitely not drivers!), and I was able to make it go away by
> lifting the front corners of the case a bit and setting the machine down.
>
> It feels very much like a loose cable or failing connection of some sort.
>
> I got this machine in October 2002, and it's been fine until about 5
> days ago. Now it comes and goes very much depending on usage. Curiously,
> I also now have a lot of trouble with Partition Commander's VGA-mode screen
> getting corrupted...
>
> Anyway, I'd suggest experimenting with wiggling the case. Mine started
> when I carried the machine holding it mostly by the front corners with the
> lid open, so it could be a very subtle stress problem. This would explain
> difficulty reproducing it, as well.
>
> However, I can promise you that the patterns you're seeing are EXACTLY what
> I have been seeing, only maybe a little worse. The horizontal rectangles
> of static are VERY familiar.
>
> -s
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Received on Fri Feb 6 19:30:48 2004