Try an external monitor - alternate line failure is often a symptom og graphics memory failure (ie system board replacement). If the external monitor is on at the same time as the LCD, the LCD exhibits the problem and the monitor also shows problems it's the system board. If not it's the LCD (or possibly the ribbon cable connecting it to the sys pcb). Generally, especially with older laptops, you can expect a few failed pixels. Check the price of a replacement LCD if this proves to be faulty - probably $500 at least if new. No such thing as a free (or very cheap) lunch. On Thursday, June 01, 2000 8:19 AM, Kevin Jackson [SMTP:kevin.jackson@jhallpr.demon.co.uk] wrote:
There shouldn't be any defects on anything. If there are then you can safely assume the machine is knackered. Ask yourself this - why is it only worth $100?
What happens in DOS and you do a DIR? What happens when you go into the BIOS (F2 or DEL on startup) if you can access this? Does it do the same in text mode as it does in graphics mode?
Kev
-----Original Message----- From: [mailto:steveaux@my-Deja.com] Sent: 31 May 2000 16:41 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] laptop screen question
Hi!
I've stumbled into a chance to buy an IBM Thinkpad 701CS for about $100 and know that Linux works on these. But this morning, I went in to reinspect it and noted that the top 40-50% of the screen looked like it was not working completely when Windoze started up. (The best description I can come up with is alternate stripes of working and nonworking pixels.) Things were still readable, but it was quite annoying. I played around a bit and noticed that if I moved the screen a bit, the problem would go away and stay away regardless of what angle I left it. Is this just some kind of subpar connection or is this thing about to fry? Might there be something less ad hoc I can do to fix this, other than buying a new laptop that I can't afford? Anyone with more experience/familiarity w/ laptops out there?
Thanks in advance!
Stevo
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Paul Sims wrote:
No such thing as a free (or very cheap) lunch.
I would be looking at the cable that feeds the Video signal to the monitor. I had an old 386 laptop that did almost the exact same thing. The cable was starting to crack up from being opened and shut all the time. Pulled another cable out of a wreck, and voila! one working laptop. Worth a look anyway, and you'll probably be able to recover the $100 by wrecking it if it turns out to be deeper than that :-) -- Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING Surfing the Net (without crashing) With SuSE 6.4 Linux (Thanx Linus!) "Microsoft democratised the computer market and served as a catalyst in making computers available to everybody. Later, however, they did as many revolutionaries do -- they became dictators. History has taught us the inevitable fate of dictators." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, Don Hansford wrote:
Worth a look anyway, and you'll probably be able to recover the $100 by wrecking it if it turns out to be deeper than that :-) --
Do you know of any good places I could "wreck" a Toshiba T4900CT? I can't afford to get it back to working order. It's got a bad floppy drive, bad battery, the mouse pointer in the middle of the keyboard is broken, and the clock battery on the mb is dead. It's a P75, 24M ram, 2gig HD, basically all the internals including the display work fine. I had it running a few times plugged into the wall, but since the floppy drive isn't working and there's no cdrom, I couldn't load linux so I pretty much lost interest. I've tried the local computer shops but if it isn't 100% they don't want it. Know anybody that wants parts? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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