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On Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:41:03 -0700, Richard Levenberg wrote: >I wanted your opinion on something. I bought a 560 DSTN machine about 3 >weeks ago. When I received it I immediately put FreeBSD on it. After >trying for some time to get X windows working on it I finally put XFree86 >3.3 on it and it worked. > >Around this time I noticed an abberation on the screen and figured out it >is right where the screen closes onto the trackpoint device. Upon closer >inspection I noticed that there is an "image" on the screen that is like >the ghosting of the trackpoint and the two rises on the wrist rest where it >sinks in to make room for the buttons. If you dont have the 560 this is >difficult to explain. > >My guess is somehow the clearance of the screen when the unit is closed is >not very much and it is coming into contact with the highest points and >damaging (albeit slowly) the screen. The ghost image is very visible under >artificial light on the console. Under natural light it is harder to see >unless the screen is colored like in X or EasySetup. > >My question is what can I do about this? If I send the unit into IBM's >EasyServe are they going to determine it is my fault and charge me 170 for >looking at it or is there something wrong with the unit (ie. clearance is >not enough) or do others have this same problem and it is just a 'feature' >of the 560? > >TIA for any opinions you may have on this subject. I read the list or you >can email me directly. > >richardl > My computer dealer told me a friend of his had the same problem with his ThinkPad, which was NOT supposed to happen, so I think you should call IBM. Also, if you have trouble finding the image, here's a tip for everyone (I know this works on the 701, but I don't know for sure on other machines), press CRTL-PGUP or CRTL-PGDN to change the colors used in EasySetup. You have I think 4 or 5 preset options instead of the usual sky blue color. Paul Regards, Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net