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Strange Mark on T60 LCD screen

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:18 pm
by stbrown
Hello all,

I have a T60 laptop (2007-62U)..around 2 weeks ago this weird mark appeared on my screen in the upper right corner. It could have been there longer as it only shows up on certain colours.

I know its nothing that I did as its just been sitting on my mini dock or on a desk in the house.

I've noticed that if I leave my machine off for a while (10 hours) that the mark is gone but it will come back after the machine is on for a while.

Here is picture I have taken of it

http://picasaweb.google.com/stbrown/Lap ... 5861229746

Is this something I should just call in for warranty support?

Thanks,

Steve

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:05 am
by gator
Call lenovo and have them check your machine.

Ezserv..

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:00 pm
by stbrown
Well..I was hoping to have a good story about my Ezserv experience but unfortunately it doesnt look that way.

I went ahead and sent in my laptop to Ezserv (In Canada). I sent it in on Aug 20th and just received it back today. Took a bit longer then expected as the repair centre is only 45mins away from Toronto..but anywaz..I read the repair sheet and they replaced the LCD which was expected.

I booted up my machine and everything looked bigger..after reading some of the stories on here I was like [censored]..they messed up.. I checked my display properites and my max resolution was 1024x768..My unit comes with a 1400x1050 panel..I figured they screwed up but not to jump the gun I did some troubleshooting..I disabled screen expansion, that way I should see a black border if the proper panel is installed..i un-installed and re-install both monitor and the display drivers..same issue..

Called up IBM..informed them that I had just received my laptop back from ezserv and they installed the wrong panel..and informed them of my troubleshooting..I ended up spending 2 hours on the phone with them as they think its a software issue..we uninstalled and re-installed the driver 2 times with the same result. I told the agent that I can tell its the wrong panel as at 1024x768 this panel looked sharp (as sharp as it can at that resolution atleast :) )..if the 1400x1050 panel was installed running at 1024x768 will look very blurry..But nope..his second level would not send out a box to me. Im running Vista on my machine and the second level guy said to me that its a problem with Vista, the drivers dont support 1400x1050..I said excuse me? I had been running it at that resolution just fine until I had my machine repaired..and they wanted me to re-image back to XP which i refused for suggesting such a stupid answer

He got intouch with his supervisor and they agreed to send another box..BUT if they found it to be a software issue they would charge me $250 for the time and labor..which I replied..will you send me $250 if it ends up being your mistake and having me waste all my time? Of course I knew the answer..

To be 100% sure i re-imaged xp back on my spare drive and sure enough..it still detects it as a 1024x768 panel instead of a 1400x1050..

I must admit I used to support thinkpads for US customers back in 2001-2003 back when the support centre was in Toronto(before they moved to atlanta) and I think our support was pretty good for the most part.(I actually remember some women calling in on behalf of Bill Morrow to order recovery cds :) )..

Thats my story..hopefully things will get fixed the second time

Steve

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:11 pm
by acasto
Wow... I can understand someone accidentally installing a wrong screen, but the follow-up support when you called was absolutely pathetic :shock: