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Re: TP560 : Very faint flickering of Screen
I've noticed that with my 360PE too. It acts like a short on my
system. I haven't been able to determine if it does it all by itself or
not.
If you find something out, be sure to post your findings to
thinkpad@cs.utk.edu!
Poh Kian Hock wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> I've subscribed to this group for a few months now even though I don't own a Thinkpad or a notebook for that matter.
>
> Well, today I bought myself a Thinkpad 560, with the following conifguration:
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> P133 mhz ( yup, no L2 cache )
> 40 mb RAM ( but this should make up for it!)
> 1.08 gb HDD
> 12.1" TFT screen
> 56K Xircom PC Card
>
> I got it at a decent price coz it's not the newest model. So far I'm quite happy with it except for one thing:
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> The screen would once in a while flicker faintly, no streaks or anything like that, just a bit like when you adjust the brightness button and it slightly flickers while changing brightness. It happens both on AC as well as battery. So far have not noticed any particular sequence or pattern that goes with it.
> Since I've never owned a notebook before, can anyone tell me whether this is normal for a new machine? Does anyone have this same problem? I just hope that in the worst case it's just a driver problem.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> Proud Thinkpad owner,
> Kian Hock