I do too. I was thinking about that very thing today, if it would be possible to convert to LED, it sure would be nice.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Leander S. Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > If it makes you feel any better, the backlight hardware on the T400 is FRUs > to the point that you can convert from CFL to LED if you really want to. > Hopfully for your sake the X200 is the same. > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes when the boot screen comes up it is flickering so it must > > be. I hope I hope it is a simple FRU replacement and not the > > whole mother board. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Leander S. Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This really sounds like backlight hardware wearing out. An easy way to > > > verify if it's got anything to do with software would be to reboot into > > > your BIOS config screen and see if it still happens there. > > > > > > -L > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am not sure if this was a upgrade or just something dying of old > age. > > > > > > > > My X200 all of a sudden started showing a variation in intensity, at > > > > about 3-5 hz rate. It does not flash it just goes from one level of > > > > intensity > > > > down to one that is perhaps 3 steps lower then it goes back up to > full > > > > intensity, at the above rate. Also I notice that the color is more > > > towards > > > > the red. I am running a 2nd screen on the video port, and after a > while > > > > of this the laptop screen goes dark. > > > > > > > > Have I lost the tube driver or is a tube going bad or have I got a > > driver > > > > issue? This appeared to happy after a Ubuntu update here a couple > > > > of days ago. I tend more to believe it is hardware related, but I do > > not > > > > see much on the web about this sort of thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > > > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. > > > > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. > > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
