[PLUG] ThinkPad X200 display issue

[Chuck Hast]

I do too. I was thinking about that very thing today, if it
would be possible to convert to LED, it sure would be
nice.


On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Leander S. Harding <lsh at lsh.io> wrote:

> If it makes you feel any better, the backlight hardware on the T400 is FRUs
> to the point that you can convert from CFL to LED if you really want to.
> Hopfully for your sake the X200 is the same.
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes when the boot screen comes up it is flickering so it must
> > be. I hope I hope it is a simple FRU replacement and not the
> > whole mother board.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Leander S. Harding <lsh at lsh.io> wrote:
> >
> > > This really sounds like backlight hardware wearing out. An easy way to
> > > verify if it's got anything to do with software would be to reboot into
> > > your BIOS config screen and see if it still happens there.
> > >
> > > -L
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am not sure if this was a upgrade or just something dying of old
> age.
> > > >
> > > > My X200 all of a sudden started showing a variation in intensity, at
> > > > about 3-5 hz rate. It does not flash it just goes from one level of
> > > > intensity
> > > > down to one that is perhaps 3 steps lower then it goes back up to
> full
> > > > intensity, at the above rate. Also I notice that the color is more
> > > towards
> > > > the red. I am running a 2nd screen on the video port, and after a
> while
> > > > of this the laptop screen goes dark.
> > > >
> > > > Have I lost the tube driver or is a tube going bad or have I got a
> > driver
> > > > issue? This appeared to happy after a Ubuntu update here a couple
> > > > of days ago. I tend more to believe it is hardware related, but I do
> > not
> > > > see much on the web about this sort of thing.
> > > >
> > > >
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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better.
The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on.