[ltp] intermittent video problem (770 tp)

[Chris Hoekstra]

Yes, that was one of my troubleshooting procedures a couple of years 
ago, the last time I fired it up, as well as lots of FN-F7 attempts. 

I just fired it up to make sure, and I can hear the monitor make that 
noticable static charge like it wants to display something, but it never 
actually shows anything.  This "sound" happens each time I boot the 
machine, and is noticable on the 3 monitors I tried it on.

This is why I assumed it was the video card that went out, as no LCD, no 
external display.  Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris

Charles E Taylor IV wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:11:37 -0500
>Chris Hoekstra <chris_hoekstra at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>I am in a similar situation where my 770x with the 1280x1024 screen just
>>went out, ie all black, yet the system works great.  The external video 
>>doesn't work either, so I just assumed it was the whole video card
>>itself...
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>When my TP screen went out, the external video port still worked.  Have
>you tried cold booting your Thinkpad with the VGA connector hooked to a
>monitor that's already turned on?  That seems to work even if the LCD
>display is completely removed.
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>The 1280x1024 screens usually run a bit more than $50.  For that matter,
>the 14.1" XGA screens sometimes run more than that, too.
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