Re: Re[2]: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad A31p Screen Corruption - an update

Has anyone with these problems run the diagnostics that accompany the adapter? (via device manager-display
adapter-properties-diagnostics)

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Seebach" <thinkpad@seebs.plethora.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 17:36 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad A31p Screen Corruption - an update

> In message <967824121.20040207110025@nthbit.net>, Felix Barbalet writes:
> >Thanks for the informaion. Very interesting. My case is very solid, ie
> >i dont think i would be able to "jostle" it. What model Thinkpad do
> >you have? My a31p's left ultrabay is empty...
>
> It's an A31p. Same exact model.
>
> >A reboot normally solves the problem in my case - without touching the
> >case - if it were a cable problem, needing to be resolved by jostling
> >the case, a reboot would not fix it i think... Interesting that we get
> >the same symptoms...
>
> Reboots don't generally fix it for me, and power cycles only occasionally.
>
> >I meant to ask - any readers with a a31p or Radeon Mobility 7800 (or
> >7500)? If you would like to try to reproduce the problem, I noticed
> >that Battlefield 1942 causes it every time, almost straight after I go
> >into a battle or combat... So if you want to download the demo and try
> >it on your A31p i would be very interested to hear how you get along,
> >or anyone who knows anyother way to reproduce the problem reliably, so
> >i can show IBM support, that would be great..
>
> Well, mine is an A31p, Radeon Mobility 7800.
>
> Once I'm finished getting my machine re-tweaked (I've been reinstalling
> bits and pieces for maybe 3-4 days), I might give it a try.
>
> I'm also having a very consistent problem where Partition Commander works
> only booted from CD, not run from the hard drive. No idea why; "it used to
> work". A lot of stuff started going wrong recently.
>
> Has your machine taken any static shocks? Mine may have gotten zapped once.
>
> -s
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