artifacts on my IBM A30p display...

[Jesse Guardiani]

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?


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