screen is wigling and blinks freezes if i move laptop a hair

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dannydoo · #1 Post by **dannydoo** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:47 pm

I lightly droped my r40 like 3inches but it hit pretty hard.

Now my screen is blinking and it jumps aand shakes if i move tyhe laptop at all!!

I can use it all day long if it sits perfectly still

I isolated it to somewhere around the hardrive area.
I changes hardrives/memeory/screens/inverter

Someone has to know what it is.??

It freezes up and goes thru a zillion test patterns then blacks out if i shake it some more itll come back but it frozen..
When i reboot.....its perfect and will stay perfect untill its shaken or moved slightly.
weird.
it always boots up fine.

#2 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:50 pm

sounds like a loose plug or worn printed wiring cable..

dannydoo · #3 Post by **dannydoo** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:12 pm

printed wiring cable?
Is it common for any plugs inside to pop off? or that printed cable?

Is there any other cables besides the lcd/inverter cables that feed the monitor? anyone know?
I dont know the insides verry well,I can learn fast.tho

any suggestions
?

HenryW · #4 Post by **HenryW** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:34 pm

Open it and press the video chip to see if it would be frozen. If so, you need soldering it.

dannydoo · #5 Post by **dannydoo** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:46 am

I cecked everything i could after opened....now it works good for about 15 minutes,I can bang the crap out of it.....but after 15 min it freaks out again at the slightest touch

HELP

dannydoo · #6 Post by **dannydoo** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:55 am

I cant find video chip?

dannydoo · #7 Post by **dannydoo** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:40 pm

FIXED IT YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

UNderneath the video plug theres another plug under a small board.
Somehow that little 2 inch drop knocked that plug loose.I snaped it back in after pulling the whole computer apart.

I was looking for anything I can find.If I knew it was that I would have just removed te keyboard and been done.

Well thanks for the help guys!!!

Dan

ziptron · #8 Post by **ziptron** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:26 pm

Hey Danny,

Can you give a better description of this plug? I'm having screen problems too, I'd like to look at it on my machine!

Thanks!

#9 Post by **rkawakami** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:30 pm

It might help to download a copy of the Hardware Maintenance Manual for the R40 from here:

HMM for R40/R40e

and then reference the appropriate part/FRU and page number.

dannydoo · #10 Post by **dannydoo** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:38 am

well that wasnt it....

The plug is

Remove the keyboard
remove the aluminum plate nearest the sreen,its underneath the video plug...
then once u pull the plate off,youll see the video chip .

My problem lessened when i put it back together.
It seems that when th eposer if totally off.it dont happen untill the system warms up.

NOw.......If i rest my hands on both corners as if i were typing.I could smash the crap out of it and it wont wigggle or freeze.
but as soon as I lift my hands off it.It wiggles and freezes

Still....If I put it on the table....i can type forever and it wont blink.
So....it has something to do with the pressure of the case on something.
I use the laptop on my lap and it dont like that.it wants to sit even and level.
Remember,I did change the h/d its not that

dannydoo · #11 Post by **dannydoo** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:10 am

awsome download man i wish i had this a year ago.
Thanks a million times 20

screen is wigling and blinks freezes if i move laptop a hair

screen is wigling and blinks freezes if i move laptop a hair

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