Is opening the display 180 degrees harmful?
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:17 pm
Hi,
I've been using my T60p with the screen open 180 degrees and set up vertical against the wall behind my desk. I love it this way, because it hardly takes up any space and the display is at a perfect height.
After doing this for a few weeks, my LCD monitor broke, resulting in weird stripes and color shifts for the bottom 2/3rds of the screen. I got it repaired under warranty so no big deal. (Originally, I thought it was the Graphics Card's fault, but it turned out to be the LCD panel.)
Anyway, does anybody know if this positiion is harmful for the notebook? One thing I notice, is at the point where the wide flat 'cable' enters the main body of the notebook, the plastic top lifts a bit, as if the cable is actually a little short and is stretched out, pushing the plastic body cover up.
Should I not be doing this?
I've been using my T60p with the screen open 180 degrees and set up vertical against the wall behind my desk. I love it this way, because it hardly takes up any space and the display is at a perfect height.
After doing this for a few weeks, my LCD monitor broke, resulting in weird stripes and color shifts for the bottom 2/3rds of the screen. I got it repaired under warranty so no big deal. (Originally, I thought it was the Graphics Card's fault, but it turned out to be the LCD panel.)
Anyway, does anybody know if this positiion is harmful for the notebook? One thing I notice, is at the point where the wide flat 'cable' enters the main body of the notebook, the plastic top lifts a bit, as if the cable is actually a little short and is stretched out, pushing the plastic body cover up.
Should I not be doing this?
