IBM ThinkPad screen problems
A friend of mine gave me her laptop, a IBM ThinkPad i Series Model 1161 with
screen problems. The screen appears very greenish and sometimes pink/purple flickering. At first I thought it is a typical videodriver problem and installed all the latest drivers. I soon found out though that the display is greenish even at boot-up or when booting from a CD. It appears to be a hardware problem with the screen and not a softwar (driver) problem. Has anyone had a similar experience with a ThinkPad (or any laptop) that developed such funny behaviour? Any help or tips are very much appreciated! Hans |
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How did the problem happen? What led up to it? Did it just boot that way
one day? Did you spill something in it, drop it, put it in a overpacked bag that squished the display? Did you have problems with the hinges and it opened funny? What do you know about its recent history? Hardware changes? Software changes? Virus. Did you lend it to someone? Any funny things happen before the problem. It sounds like a hardware problem. Probably the LCD. But think over the recent history. It could be the LCD display. It could be the video cable snaking up from the base to the LCD that got loose. Did you recently open the base under the keyboard, etc., you may have pulled on it. Not likely but think. Old Compaq LTE 5000 has the worst problem I know of the video cable just working its way loose in the base from constant opening and closing of the LCD. Because it is greenish, I would think maybe the video cable is damaged on the wire that makes the green (well actually the an color other signal is missing leaving the green working color to dominate). That is what happens on CRTs. Is the video flat cable pinched in the case edge/hinges? Can you see any brown flat cable sticking out? Don't mess with it, it might be normal for the cable to be visible. Proceed with caution. Some food for thought. Rare and unlikely what I mentioned but think about it. "Hans Huber" wrote in message ... A friend of mine gave me her laptop, a IBM ThinkPad i Series Model 1161 with screen problems. The screen appears very greenish and sometimes pink/purple flickering. At first I thought it is a typical videodriver problem and installed all the latest drivers. I soon found out though that the display is greenish even at boot-up or when booting from a CD. It appears to be a hardware problem with the screen and not a softwar (driver) problem. Has anyone had a similar experience with a ThinkPad (or any laptop) that developed such funny behaviour? Any help or tips are very much appreciated! Hans |
Sounds like a bad cable between the mainboard and screen... I'd be
popping it open and checking the connections if it were me. "Hans Huber" wrote in message ... A friend of mine gave me her laptop, a IBM ThinkPad i Series Model 1161 with screen problems. The screen appears very greenish and sometimes pink/purple flickering. At first I thought it is a typical videodriver problem and installed all the latest drivers. I soon found out though that the display is greenish even at boot-up or when booting from a CD. It appears to be a hardware problem with the screen and not a softwar (driver) problem. Has anyone had a similar experience with a ThinkPad (or any laptop) that developed such funny behaviour? Any help or tips are very much appreciated! |
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