Quoting "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E]" <[email protected]>:
> I just had the weirdest problem on my X301. I logged in and the > resolution was changed to 640x480, 4 bit color. Going into screen > properties, I changed it back to high resolution, 32 bit color, but > it wouldn't change. And the screen still thought it was at the high > resolution because only a little bit of the screen could be seen > (i.e., a 640x480 chunk out of the high resolution). > > Rebooted several times including turning the machine off but the > problem was still there on a regular log in (safe mode seemed ok). > Reloaded the video driver. Deleted the video devices and let it > reboot and find them. Reinitialized the BIOS. Nothing fixed it. > > Finally said restore to an earlier restore point. Got an error > message saying couldn't execute the restore point. But then after > that error, it was fixed. > > Anyone ever seen anything like that? Or know what I did to fix it? I believe I know whats going on, and its related to the intel gma video chip. You have a highly intermttant problem in the video, one which will successfully resit testing and proving that it really is a problem. It is unlikely that this will happen often, but may happen again some weeks to years from now. It would be very interesting to see what the stepping is on the chip, to help track that down. I don't think you can probe that in software(?). I know of this happening to one other person who was perplexed enough that he took his Windows disk out and booted either Lunix or a BSD varient and saw the problem. After stuffing the Windows disk back in it corrected itself and that was that. It's been perfect since. I would be really interested in hearing if this happens again, or if Lenovo comes up with someting on this. --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
