George and Steve, thanks for this info. I've had this machine for over 4 years (and Lenovo just last month renewed my warranty for a 5th--and they say final--year) and this has only started recently. Is it possible that the faulty chip is only starting to "go bad" after all this time? Might it be a sign of other issues (like the fan not cooling sufficiently) that are causing the chip to start to fail? Maybe a real good thing I got that extra year. :) I assume it would be a covered replacement.
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of STeve Andre' Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Extremely Annoying Screen Artifacts I get the feeling that George might be right. Nvidia, the gift that keeps giving! However, you should try using another video driver and see what happens. I might rip the driver out and let Windows discover/find one. See what happens. That, and/or find Linux live CD that knows about the NVidia card, and see what that does. --STeve Andre' On 12/09/11 20:47, [email protected] wrote: > I believe that your GPU might be on its way out...do a little research on faulty nvidia chips that T61/p (along with Macs, Dell, HP...) shipped with. > > Good luck. > > Cheers, > > George > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Galender<[email protected]> > To: 'ThinkPad Mailing List'<[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 12:20 am > Subject: [Thinkpad] Extremely Annoying Screen Artifacts > > > I have a T61p running Windows 7 (64-bit) and recently I started > experiencing a very annoying thing happening. When I right-click on > menu items in various applications (including Windows Explorer) > certain menu selections remain on the screen (white text on a blue > banner). This graphic sits on top of any other windows I open and the > only thing that I have come up with to clear it is to restart the machine. > > > > Anyone else ever see this happen or know how to get rid of it? > > > > One other thing that may or may not have anything to do with this is > that the Lenovo's Message Center periodically shows a flag and when I > click on it, it tells me about a problem with the nVidia driver. > However, when I click on the link to get a new driver, it tells me > that I don't have a connection to the internet which is obviously not > correct. This message about not being able to connect only happens on > reports of nVidia problems and not on other problems that get flagged. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Dan Galender > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
