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Hi folks, I've been list-lurking for some months. Now it's time to come out of the shadows and join in the fray. My name's Richard. I bought my first laptop: a TP560, P133, 40M ram, 2G disk, 800x600 DSTN last September. I also have a Motorola Mariner combination ethernet/28.8 modem card and the port replicator doodad. I just love this thing. It is the cat's meow. Unfortunately, I dropped it a couple of weeks ago (ouch!). It fell about three feet and it was in my somewhat padded knapsack at the time. Stinky (as I am prone to calling it) seemed to survive the fall ok, but since then (I'm not sure if this is related or not) I've noticed dead pixels on my display. So far, I've found 15 that are definitely kaput, plus another batch of about 12 that are "ill". The batch of sickly ones is located directly opposite the trackpoint cap. The dead ones are distributed randomly. Every time I count them (pretty much daily now) I see more. I'm not sure whether I'm just paranoid or my display is really going historical. I've still got a few months of warranty left, so I'm wondering: should I try to get the screen replaced, or is this normal behaviour for DSTN displays? Anybody know what IBM's policy is on replacing displays? Does my TP have a shock detector inside it (ie: should I tell them I dropped it)? Also, my display has two horizontal marks on it, directly opposite the trackpoint buttons. They're not noticeable when the machine's on. Is this a TP560 design flaw? Suppose I can use this to argue for a new display? While I'm at it (kindly forgive my verbosity), is there a screen upgrade path available to me? I'm thinking of a 1024x768 TFT display. 800x600 just doesn't cut it for software development purposes. Ideally (please tell me if I'm dreaming) I'd like to apply the credit for a defective DSTN against the cost of upgrading to a TFT. One final thing: I seem to recall the subject of dead pixels being discussed in this list recently. I checked my "welcome to the TP list" message and it pointed me to a TP archive but I don't know how to access it. Do I have to download the entire archive to get at the old posts or is there a way to search it remotely? Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated. If you fell this subject has already been discussed to death, please e-mail my personal address directly. Thanks for putting up with my rambling, Richard berdych@cam.org PS: Thanks to all past contributors. You make this list worth subscribing to.