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I've had the same flickering described below since the case was opened up and a new hard drive put in. Maddening. -----Original Message----- From: Swartz, Charles <CSwartz@unex.ucla.edu> To: 'Paul Khoury' <pkhoury@loop.com>; Mike Welch <mikew@anet-dfw.com>; Poh Kian Hock <pkh@post1.com>; Sergiu Hart <hart@math.huji.ac.il> Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu> Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 4:52 AM Subject: RE: TP560 : Very faint flickering of Screen >Well, this is really curious. I have the very same unit - TFT - and it >displays the flicker described, but *only* on AC. Never on battery. I >asked EasyServ to check out the brick the last time it went in and they >said it was fine. It makes me suspect a loose connection somewhere. >I've never had it do this with the battery. > > > >Charles S. Swartz >Program Manager >Department of Entertainment Studies and > Performing Arts >UCLA Extension > >310-825-9634 Phone >310-206-7435 Fax >cswartz@unex.ucla.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Khoury [SMTP:pkhoury@loop.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 11:28 PM > To: Mike Welch; Poh Kian Hock; Sergiu Hart > Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: RE: TP560 : Very faint flickering of Screen > > On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:48:22 +0200 (IST), Sergiu Hart wrote: > > > > >[] > > > >the screen on my 560 flickers while the battery charges (until >it gets > >about 80 - 90% full). there is no flicker when it works on ac >without the > >battery, or when the battery is full, or when it is not >attached to ac. > >it happens with either one of the 2 batteries i have. so i >guess it has > >to do with the charging circuitry ... > > > >any suggestions are welcome. > > I was just thinking about this - does the machine get VERY hot > when the battery charges? Maybe heat has a role in this > problem. Also, are anyone's LCDs TFT, or all DSTN? > > -- > Paul > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Paul Khoury > pkhoury@loop.com > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Proudly using OS/2 Warp 3 & 4 > > The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 > Revision 9.029 > There are 24 Processes with 85 Threads. > This machine's uptime is 0d 9h 0m 35s 359ms. > >