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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