[ltp] Display defects on IBM ThinkPad T23

[Carlos Maldonado]

Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Dienstag 28 Juni 2005 19:00 schrieb Javier (a.k.a AlBundy):
> 
>>On 6/27/05, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
>>
>>>Do I have to open my notebook
>>>or is there a list somewhere (well I might search one myself in the
>>>deep labyrinth of the IBM webpage universe)?
>>
>>http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-39298.html
> 
> 
> Hello Javier, Carlos et al,
> 
> Javier, Carlos thank you very much for your hints. I got a replacement TFT 
> from Ebay for 99 EUR. I installed it yesterday according to the *truly 
> excellent* IBM Hardware Maintenance manual and it works nicely. Was quite 
> some work cause according to the manual one even has to remove the cpu 
> fan and refit it afterwards with some cooling gel. I never done that 
> before, but according to ACPI thermal_zone this worked nicely.

glad I could help really

> I even pulled the display out of its housing since the back side of that 
> housing of the used display I bought (completely with housing) was 
> scratched a bit more than the backside of the housing of my defect 
> display.
> 
> I now have a TFT without those defects I reported. Well there is a very 
> light darker area thats almost not visible. But probably this is just 
> some dirt I did not yet manage to clean. Well I hope that this will not 
> grow into a defect. Well thats the risk. Its a used TFT display I bought.
> 
> The original TFT that had this defects then was a SAMSUNG one, the new 
> used one is an LG/PHILIPS one. It has a IBM P/N that is mentioned in the 
> hardware maintenance manual and it has been in a T23 as well. 

let's hope this is a story with a happy ending for you, so far so good

Carlos :)

> Regards,