[ltp] T40p Running out of video RAM?

[darian schramm]

Thanks James, I ran water over the keyboard ( i removed it first ) and
its working fine now. Another test of Thinkpads ruggedness ;-)

On 6/16/05, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
> darian schramm wrote:
> > I've got a strange issue. The other day my girlfriend accidently
> > spilled some soda onto my keyboard. I immediately shut down, removed
> > the battery, and flipped my thinkpad over to get what was left of the
> > soda out. There was enough to pour out a little, but I don't think any
> > actually got to any of the internal components. A few of the keys
> > stick, but at least everything seemed ok.
> >
> > Until today... My video seems to be flaking out on me. Everything
> > looks fine with normal use, but if a lot of text runs through a
> > terminal, or if I move a window around a bunch my screen jitters, then
> > blanks out. I can run glxgears and xengine at the same time and
> > everything looks fine till they stop, then the screen jitters out of
> > control and blanks like its trying to catch up. The jittering looks
> > like a horizontal blur.
> >
> > I can make this happen by running dmesg twice right after each other,
> > or grabbing a browser window and moving it around quickly.  The reason
> > I'm wondering whether its a memory issue is that if I wait a while and
> > try and do it again it takes longer than if I do it all at once.
> >
> > I'm also starting to wonder if the issue has anything to do with the
> > soda, and me just being paranoid and looking close at my machine made
> > me discover it.  Is it time to use my warranty or is this something
> > else?
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> It might very well.  The soda spilled on the system might be causing
> leakage on the circuit board.  When drinks like that are spilled on
> computer equipment, you should immediately rinse it with clean water
> (preferably distilled).  Clean water won't hurt most equipment.  Soft
> drinks etc. will.
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Darian Schramm
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