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I recently bought a T520 and upgraded the SSD and RAM straight away.
RAM: Crucial 8GB LAPTOP DDR3 1600Mhz SODIMM 1.35V/1.5V 204pin Non ECC PC3-12800
SSD: Crucial BX500 480GB 2.5 inch SSD SATA 6.0GB/s
I've experienced this issue twice now (both while using YouTube, however, I have used YouTube fine throughout the day). The screen turns to this, and there is the loud sound of white noise coming through the speakers, along with robotic glitching.
Current OS: Kali LinuxCurrent CPU: Intel Core i5 2450CM
It may be helpful to note that the current battery only works while plugged in; the % stays 0. I will replace the battery next.
Any help?
Edit: just happened again, this time while only having full-screen Twitch open.
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T520 - Screen glitch help?
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Re: T520 - Screen glitch help?
If it takes a while for this problem to show up, then you might be looking at overheating CPU and/or discrete graphics. You should also try other RAM
I clearly remember a crappy Lenovo Erazer laptop having this behaviour plus being very slow before the graphics completely gave up the ghost (That's actually because Lenovo quality meant one of the two GPU heatsink standoff broke off!).
I clearly remember a crappy Lenovo Erazer laptop having this behaviour plus being very slow before the graphics completely gave up the ghost (That's actually because Lenovo quality meant one of the two GPU heatsink standoff broke off!).
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A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
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600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
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