IBM Thinkpad screen problems

[Hans Huber]

A friend of mine gave me her laptop, a IBM ThinkPad i Series Model 1161 with
screen problems. The screen appears very greenish and sometimes pink/purple
flickering. At first I thought it is a typical videodriver problem and
installed all the latest drivers. I soon found out though that the display
is greenish even at boot-up or when booting from a CD. It appears to be a
hardware problem with the screen and not a softwar (driver) problem.

Has anyone had a similar experience with a ThinkPad (or any laptop) that
developed such funny behaviour?

Any help or tips are very much appreciated!

Hans

 

[Conrad Edwards]

A friend of mine gave me her laptop, a IBM ThinkPad i Series Model 1161 with
screen problems. The screen appears very greenish and sometimes pink/purple
flickering. At first I thought it is a typical videodriver problem and
installed all the latest drivers. I soon found out though that the display
is greenish even at boot-up or when booting from a CD. It appears to be a
hardware problem with the screen and not a softwar (driver) problem.

Has anyone had a similar experience with a ThinkPad (or any laptop) that
developed such funny behaviour?

Any help or tips are very much appreciated!

Hans

Try driving an external monitor if you have that option to see if the
hue goes away.
If it is the screen, then find the IBM FRU part number and look on
Ebay to see if any are being auctioned.

 

[Stacey]

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Sounds more like the video chip rather than a software or screen problem.

As he said, if you connect an external monitor and it's gone than that rules
out the video chip. If the weird hue is still there then it's not the
screen. Pretty simple test and it's a test no one can do for them online.
Guessing which it the problem is just that, a guess.

 

[Hans Huber]

Thanks for all your tips!!!

I tried to get my normal CRT to display the laptop but somehow was not able
too. The laptop could not detect that CRT. But doesn't really matter, I am
pretty certain now that it is some sort of hardware problem. When I slightly
tap the screen the display goes almost normal, then flickers around,
sometimes goes back to greenish again. If it was my own laptop I would pop
it open to have a look for cable-, connectors- or solder faults but since it
is not mine and I don't get paid or anything I will give it back to my
friend and she said she will give it to IBM to get it fixed.

I will post the result here should anyone care to know what the problem was
for the future

Thanks again!

Hans