[ltp] broken graphics hardware on ThinkPad A30

[Robert Liesenfeld]

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Have you checked to see if there is a BIOS update for your model?  If
you go to IBM's website and search for the IBM model number (on the
bottom of the machine, for instance my G40 is 2388-5BU), you should get
a page with all the info and updates for your system.

This may or may not fix the problem, but it's a relatively easy thing to
try.

- -RL

Tino Keitel wrote:
| Hi folks,
|
| some weeks ago I noticed blue graphics errors while movie playback on
| my A30. I found out that it's not a software but a hardware failure.
| Pressing on a certain place on the bottom of the case will chage the
| look of the graphics error or sometimes make it go away.
|
| Later I also noticed errors in firefox (misplaced rendering areas),
| wmaker menus and the mouse pointer. The machine still runs absolutely
| stable, only the graphics is trashed. Since sometimes the errors show
| up in the BIOS, it is not a driver problem.
|
| Has anyone else heard of such things? I think the only way to fix it is
| to let the motherboard replaced, which will cost me ~780 EUR, but maybe
| there is a more simple solution.
|
| Regards,
| Tino
|

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