While I agree that it might be a good time to start shopping for a newer machine, I wouldn't shy away from fixing that one if it were mine. If one purchases a board from a trustworthy source, it's likely to last another few years, and that's one splendid "classic ThinkPad" backup you'd have there...
My $0.02 only.... Good luck with whatever you decide. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Laurence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 8:35 pm Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Strange T40 video issue Re: Strange T40 video issue Tx for the clues, especially regarding video ram being the likely culprit. einstalling the video driver only corrected corruption in the settings and did ot fix the issue. I'll run a longer PC doc test, but I'm reasonably certain t's time to shop for a replacement machine. Spare system boards _may_ be vailable, but they will be old parts also famous for a different graphics chip ssue. ---- Larry w: Re: [Thinkpad] Strange video issue e: [Thinkpad] Strange video issue uesday, November 16, 2010 5:16:37 PM rom: " <[email protected]> o: " <[email protected]>, "" <[email protected]>No. here's a diagnostics test in PC Doctor for DOS bootable CD that would likely ick up on it. Good luck Cheers, George (who made the same mistake of trying to post from his blackberry earlier oday) ----Original Message----- rom: Laurence <[email protected]> o: [email protected] ent: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 1:24 pm ubject: Re: [Thinkpad] Strange video issue e: Strange video issue T40p video issue) Does Memtest detect video ram errors? I've run it for a few hours, no errors ran from a CD). -- Larry ______________________________________________ hinkpad mailing list [email protected] ttp://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad ______________________________________________ hinkpad mailing list [email protected] ttp://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
