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** Reply to note from owner-thinkpad@CS.UTK.EDU Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:15:25 -0500 (EST)
Robert Dewar said...
>I think the screen going blank problem is most likely a problem with
>the video driver itself. It happens to me every now and then whether
>or not I have a PCMCIA card.
I have been having plenty of video problems under OS/2 on my 770, and I
have no PCMCIA support installed, since I'm using only the internal MWave
modem right now. Not only does the screen go blank from time to time, but I
have also had screen flashing & a 1 inch line of garbage appear at the bottom
of the screen when opening and closing windows. Also, I have found at least
one application that does not work correctly under WIN-OS2 on this
machine, WordPerfect 7 for Win 3.1. WPWin7 works fine under Warp 4 on
the 380, and also under WFWG on the 770, so it is not an application
problem.
By disabling hardware detection, and ensuring that the SB Pro was not listed
in the Selective Install screen, I was able to reduce the frequency of the
screen blanking a little. Also, keeping a full screen OS/2 session open in the
background seems to help. Switching to the full screen session, and then
back to the desktop, often clears any screen garbage.
Anybody have any advice on how to contact IBM in an attempt to get this
problem corrected? Video driver version 1.00 is not acceptable. Thanks!
Tim Howey