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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 23:22:48 -0500, James Seabolt wrote: >Tonight I had been using my Thinkpad 340. At one point I cut the computer >off and when it booted up the display was black but not like the computer >was turned off. It's really hard to describe. It had a tint to it but I >couldn't see any objects or anything. It's as if you cut the brightness and >contrast all the way down. > >I started fooling with the brightness and contrast adjustments but this had >no effect on the LCD. > >After Windows 95 stopped booting I cut the computer off. Then I turned it >back on. This time the LCD worked but there were these horizontal lines >going up the screen. After 3 or 4 minutes the lines stopped and the screen >looked normal. > >I'm curious, does this mean the monochrome display is going out? Or possibly >the video driver? Could this just be a fluke or soemthing? > >What would cause this to happen? If the LCD is going out, on average how >much does a new one cost? > Sounds like a cable connection problem. Sometimes my testbench LCD does that, which is a mono LCD connected to an ISA card. It happens when the cable is loose. On average, I'd say a mono LCD costs about $25-500, depending on where you get it, especially if you get it from overpriced IBM's stock. Paul