There were no precursors to the screen problems, nothing pinkish, dimming whatsoever.
I think I will retureve it from them and await my return to the US where EZServe is looking like the warm embrace of a reliable friend! Any other ideas would be helpful, in the meantime, I like Bruce's non-invasive fix, I will give it a tray when I get it back. Stuart On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Check that the little switch that shuts off the screen when you close the > LCD is not sticking > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Friedman" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:11 PM > Subject: [Thinkpad] T43 screen out, China support befuddled! > > >> The unit in question is a T43 2687-D4U with the x300 video processor, >> running XP, 1 gb RAM, 15" Flexview screen >> >> About two weeks ago, the screen went dark. I fussed with it and it >> came back on (fussing=Fn F4)and it came back on for about 10 minutes, >> successive efforts over the next hour or so yielded steadily declining >> intervals of "screen on". >> >> I am in southern China with a IWS warranty, brought it to Lenovo (they >> have a repair center here, I have used them before with some success). >> They have now had it 11 days, have made several repairs (I THINK the >> inverter and the backlight, can't be sure as they did not give me the >> part number and the translation doesn't work out too well). It now >> seems that they haven't a clue what to do. >> >> My options: >> >> 1) Let them continue to learn as they go >> 2) But a cheap external monitor (the external monitor access does work) >> 3) Pack it up and take it to Hong Kong (2 hours) and rely on their >> abilities >> 4) Continue using the borrowed x60 and wait till I get back to the US >> in five weeks. >> >> Any ideas what might be ailing my computer >> >> -- >> Stuart Friedman >> In Guangzhou, China >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > -- Stuart suffering in Guangzhou _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
