[ltp] T43 - "no signal" on external monitor

Robert Tomsick linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:00 +0000


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On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 11:18 +0000, Michael Rodden wrote:
> I've got T43 with Ubuntu 9.10. Has always worked with any external monito=
r.
> However - lost it all of a sudden. Don't know what I did. Checked cables.
> Tried Fn F7. No good. Doesn't work on any external monitor. "No signal" i=
s all
> I get. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.

If you don't have a model with an integrated GPU then I suspect you may
be looking at the first stages of one of the infamous GPU failures that
plagues the T4x series.

I hope it's not that, as it's a pain to deal with those, but it sure
does sound suspiciously like a number of accounts I've heard...

-Rob

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