IBM C79EGMST manual LCD Problems, ThenDisplay

Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42

Troubleshooting Charts

LCD Problems

Problem

Action

The

screen is unreadableMak sure

that:

or

distorted.

The

display

device

driver

is installed correctly by doing the follow

1. Click

onStart

and

move

the

cursorSettingsto, andControl

Panel .

2.

Double-click Control

Panel

,

and

thenDisplay .

3.

Select

Settingsthe

tab.

4.

Click

onAdvanced Properties

. The

“Adapter/Driver

Information”

window

appears. Make

sure the

display driver information in

the

window

is

correct.

The

refresh

rate

setting

is

set

to your display resolution

and color

doing

the

following:

1. Start

the

ThinkPad

Configuration

program.

2.

Click

onLCD

( ).

3.(For Windows 95) ClickPropertieson ... .

(For Windows NT) Click Advancedon ... .

4. Make

sure

that the

setting

in

the

next

window

is

correct.

5. Click

onOK .

Incorrect characters

Did you install the operating system

or

application program

correctly?

appear

on the screen.

If they

are

installed

and

configured

correctly,

have the computer

serv

The screen stays on

evPrenss the

reset

switch

with

the

tip

of

a pen

and

turn

off

your compu

after you power off

ityouron again.

computer.

Missing,

discolored, or This is a

characteristic

of

the

TFT

technology. Your

computer

display

co

bright dots appear on multiplehe thin-film transistors (TFTs).

A small number of missing,

discolored,

or

screen every time youbright dots on

the screen

might

exist

all

the

time.

power

on your computer

(TFT display model.)

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