From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 15:09:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DA016A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:09:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F0243D31 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:09:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BzGS0-0001bx-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:09:36 +0200 Received: from makrothumia.wingnet.net ([206.30.215.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:09:36 +0200 Received: from jesse by makrothumia.wingnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:09:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:09:32 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: makrothumia.wingnet.net User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: artifacts on my IBM A30p display... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:09:38 -0000 Jesse Guardiani wrote: > Hello, > > A few days ago I started noticing that my LCD display > was showing strange characters in text mode. Jiggling > the display makes the characters change. Now it's > happening in graphics mode too. > > Has this happened to anyone with a Thinkpad before? > I assume it's a bad connection (and hopefully not a > failing video chipset) because I can make the characters > change by moving the screen. Does anyone know how to > fix this? I tried reseating the connector on the motherboard, but it didn't help. The artifacts are even showing up on my CRT external monitor. The fan still comes on under load though, some I'm not likely to suspect an overheating issue... Has anyone ever seen a bad LCD ribbon cable do this to an LCD and CRT? -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net