[ltp] T41p hardware problems

Peter Stuge linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:03:12 +0100


On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 09:22:28AM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:
> My T41p has started acting up. After a short while of use the
> machine goes nuts (e.g. random colour blocks, flickering lines,
> blank screen, that kind of thing) then the mouse cursor stops
> moving and the machine locks up entirely.

I'd suspect bad RAM, a heat problem or physical glitches in internal
connectors between the different boards inside the laptop.

Let memtest86 run over night.

http://memtest86.com/


//Peter