Before I send it back to IBM...

[makai]

will someone do me a favor....

My T41 is showing pixelization and color distortion in several menus while Powerplay is enabled. The machine is set for 32bit desktop mode.

Will someone do the following and let me know what you see...

1) Start your machine with Powerplay enabled, 32bit, (in battery mode)
2) Open Windows Explorer (maximized) and look at the menu area
3) Does it look like the menu area is in 16bit mode with pixelization showing?
4) Does enabling/disabling Powerplay make any difference in how the menu area is displayed, or does the menu area always look the same?

I've dumped/reloaded/dumped/reloaded the OS, the drivers, the bios, and everything in between to no avail. I called IBM and I am ready to ship the machine in for warranty service ([censored] I hate to do that!) IBM even sent me a box, but I really want to know if what I'm seeing is "abnormal" and if anyone else sees this.

By the way, my video card is a ATI9000/32meg. It's for business, so that's all I thought would be needed.

Much appreciation in advance to anyone who replies!

Thanks,
makai

[sugo]

With a 9600 driver, there is a checkbox in PowerPlay config: "Allow Automatic Color Depth Reduction". Have you tried unchecking it?

[makai]

Hello sugo,

Yes, it's unchecked. I'm hoping someone will try to duplicate what I'm seeing. Did you try it?

makai

[makai]

This thread is closed. I posted a duplicate in the Thinkpad T series forum and have decided to just send the laptop back to IBM for repair.

Thanks to all,

makai

[JaneL]

In the future, don't multipost.