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red bioroid · #1 Post by **red bioroid** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:36 am

of your brand new IBM X40 or X41? And tell us how long have you have your laptop? If you have been living with dead pixels, how do you deal with the pain?

DavidNZ · #2 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:56 am

X40 purchased new on 7 July 2004. No dead pixels then or since.

alant · #3 Post by **alant** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:33 am

X41 in May 2005, no dead pixels

krma-thkpds · #4 Post by **krma-thkpds** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:40 am

t43p bought in June - 1 stuck subpixel.

emorphien · #5 Post by **emorphien** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:47 am

T43p bought in may, received july. No stuck/dead/funky pixels to date.

K0LO · #6 Post by **K0LO** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:36 am

X41T purchased in August. No dead pixels.

JLai · #7 Post by **JLai** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:14 am

T42 - August 2004 - No dead pixels
X41 - November 2005 - No dead pixels

a.chufong · #8 Post by **a.chufong** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:36 am

Bought my X40 in May 2004, 1 stuck pixel

bha* · #9 Post by bha* » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:55 am

X41 in November 2005, no dead pixels.

joprodse · #10 Post by **joprodse** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:15 am

240 2000 no dead pixels,
X30 2002 no dead pixels,
R40e 2003 no dead pixels,
X32 2005 no dead pixels...lucky me

asiafish · #11 Post by **asiafish** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:36 pm

T42p April 05 - No stuck pixels

X32 November 05 - No stuck pixels

ratoto67 · #12 Post by **ratoto67** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:59 pm

X41 bought one month ago - one stuck pixel

blackomegax · #13 Post by **blackomegax** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:58 pm

x40, june. one stuck on red subpixel

alexnguyen · #14 Post by **alexnguyen** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:53 pm

Shipped 4-Nov-2005.
No dead pixels.

Is this a known issue? Anyways I hope the screen is covered under warranty. 4-year warranty I think and the "Access IBM" section lists a part number for the screen so maybe it's something simple to replace.

X41 Tablet

mrdeucie · #15 Post by **mrdeucie** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:11 pm

X41 received first week of October - No dead pixels.

shadowlight · #16 Post by **shadowlight** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:18 pm

A31p bought used from IBM in Aug 2003 - 1 bad pixel - after replacement of the display due to a bug "invaded" the display: 2 bad pixels

(my friends machine: A31p bought used from IBM in Sep 2003 - 2 bad pixels)

X31 bought used from IBM in Dec 2004 - no bad pixel

amgdoc · #17 Post by **amgdoc** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:10 pm

x40, purchased nov. 2004, no dead pixels

here is a link to a program (freeware) to use and check for dead pixels. please make sure your screen is clean before using! (don't want to confuse dirt with a dead pixel....)

http://www.laptopshowcase.co.uk/downloads.php?id=1

Website · #18 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:52 pm

I think I hear a lot of people knocking on wood right now!!

P.S.
I know the post said X40 or X41, but since everyone else is answering...I have numerous Thinkpads (T series, 600 series, 760 series, 380XD, i1400), all with no dead/stuck pixels.

Thecla · #19 Post by **Thecla** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:28 pm

X41, purchased July 2005: one stuck blue subpixel (quite visible but at the top edge of the screen) and one dead red subpixel (completely undectable in normal use).

pphilipko · #20 Post by **pphilipko** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:24 pm

X40, July 2004

No dead pixels so far.

caero · #21 Post by **caero** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:18 am

X40 purchased October 2005. No dead or hot pixels

ragefury32 · #22 Post by **ragefury32** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:49 pm

Hm. Okay. I just realized that this is an X40/41 thread. I feel like an idiot.

Anyways. X31 since July 2003. No dead pixels at all.

bhtooefr · #23 Post by **bhtooefr** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:26 am

Well, I'm posting anyway, even though I've got an old X21.

Original owner purchased it 2001-06-27. I purchased it in early 2005-06.

In September, it started developing a green stuck subpixel, that could easily be massaged away, due to my method of getting the network working - stretching the cable over the LCD.

It's now a seven white pixel and one green subpixel-wide monstrosity. And it's growing.

I live with it, copy-and-pasting stuff that's under the line so that I can see stuff.

Edit: Eh, didn't mention that it was a green stuck subpixel LINE, not a single subpixel.

eriqesque · #24 Post by **eriqesque** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:51 am

X40 September 04
No dead pixels.
EDIT*
Actually it was received on the 24th of August 04
had to look it up.

christopher_wolf · #25 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:04 pm

T43 2668-72U

Obtained early August, 2005

No stuck or dead pixels.

Friend's X40; no dead pixels

Department X41 Tablet; no dead pixels

red bioroid · #26 Post by **red bioroid** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:41 am

2004= 240X purchased from Ebay, no dead pixel but got a long line of dead pixels in Summer 2005
Nov 05= one dead pixel on a new X40, returned
Dec 05= no dead pixel on new X40, kept

ChineseMan21 · #27 Post by **ChineseMan21** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:42 am

July 2005: X41. Perfect screen so far. Keep fingers crossed.

PDADoc · #28 Post by **PDADoc** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:18 am

June, 2005, not a one! Other problems, though, but all have since been resolved.

taob · #29 Post by **taob** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:01 am

X40 (see sig), received March 2004, no defective pixels.

brainpicker · #30 Post by **brainpicker** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:39 pm

X41T with THREE defective pixels. Other laptops with various problems too.

When I purchased a new laptop and it had a bad pixel (or seven) I would usually return it should such return not cause an inconvenience to me. Then I realized that other laptops I had (which were perfect on delivery) developed bad pixels and I lived with them as a few pixel problems never interfere with my work. That, and further research, showed me that laptops with pixel problems on delivery are no more likely to develop further problems than laptops which never had a problem. So now I could really care less once I get past the initial disappointment.

Once I do my research on what laptop fits my needs best, is built best, is supported best, and if the manufacturer or market will continue to supply me with parts, etc., I buy the laptop to USE it. It's not a collector's item. I'm not buying it with the intention of selling it again at any time. I can't be worried that there are people (like MANY members here) who feel a laptop with a single bad pixel has some sort of cancer, or the plague, or other "disease" that will spread and eventually destroy humanity as we know it! Folks, it's a freakin' pixel (out of a MILLION or more). It has gotten to the point around here where we are scaring new members and readers into thinking they have a horrible laptop because it may have a bad pixel! Yikes! I mean how many posts do I have to read about this or about how someone didn't even know they had a bad pixel until they read a post that told of some software they could run to test for them... then the poor reader has to go to a dang psychiatrist because they are so upset about finding a bad piixel, and now they spend their entire time on the laptop locating and worried about the pixel instead of USING the computer!

There are a lot of examples out there in the world we live in where purchases are not perfect. If I use a magnifying glass (equal to using software to find pixel problems you've not detected with the naked eye) and look at the finish of the most expensive car I can find I WILL find a scratch. Even if seen with the naked eye that scratch has no bearing to the function or use of that car but in my mind if I let that scratch bother me it WILL. Something won't be right with the operation of that car. And have ANY of us ever seen a perfectly built house? There ISN'T one, but we pay thousands of times more for a house than for a laptop. If my house has a small defect and someone complements me on my house I wouldn't tell the person about the tiny defect, but I know people who will make comments like "yeah I have a great laptop, but it has a bad pixel". WHY?

I wish we could put things like this in perspective, but we live in a world where people want to buy things meant to be USED and collect them. My neighbor's daughter wanted to show me all her Barbie dolls one day. She had 50 dolls in pristine boxes but only ONE she could play with. Her mommy said she wasn't even allowed to touch the others. Another friend's child has dozens of Nascar replica cars in a case that only his father has the key to because he isn't allowed to touch them. He has ONE he's allowed to play with and he's forced to stare at the rest through the glass. Heck, we have people here who spend more on a sleve and a case and screen protectors and ??? than their laptops are worth! All that so it don't get a scratch. I am careful too (as any buyer of any of my iused laptops will tell you), but there is a point at which it goes too far. Our Thinkpads are not collectables and none of them are likely perfect when they arrive. If the were we'd have little need for a warranty. They are TOOLS, and just like when any other tool I own gets a scratch or develops a defect that has no bearing on the USE of that tool, I could care less.

If there are enough pixels bad to cause interference with my USE of the laptop I will care. Otherwise I don't have the time to spend worrying about pixels anymore. I've got enough other stuff in life to focus on, as I'm sure most of you do too.

There is nothing wrong with any laptop that has pixel problems if they (the bad pixels) don't interfere with the owner's use of the laptop. There, I said it. Use your Thinpads and enjoy them for the tools they are!

Just my opinion...

Yak

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