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Vertical lines on 390E.
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Vertical lines on 390E.
External monitor works fine. Had the LCD apart and re-seated all connectors.
Manual says to next: "Check the LCD inverter ID", can't seem to find the "CE Utility Diskette" anywhere: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/3e16.htm (Contains the LCD panel ID utility) Any idea where I could find it?
Is the inverter bad? Or LCD itself? Am I wasting my time?
Our model boat club uses this cool little unit to run a dos program on a floppy to manage our race clock.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
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Manual says to next: "Check the LCD inverter ID", can't seem to find the "CE Utility Diskette" anywhere: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/3e16.htm (Contains the LCD panel ID utility) Any idea where I could find it?
Is the inverter bad? Or LCD itself? Am I wasting my time?
Our model boat club uses this cool little unit to run a dos program on a floppy to manage our race clock.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Try removing the LCD-cable from the screen, clean all the cable's gold contacts with an eraser, remove any debris and try the cable again.
Make sure it will be kept in place properly, once you are satisfied.
If no improvement, find a replacement screen.
Make sure it will be kept in place properly, once you are satisfied.
If no improvement, find a replacement screen.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Thanks for the reply, did as you stated, same result.
Coincidentally the back up battery was dead as this unit sat idle for a year, wondering if it has somehow lost it's "LCD inverter ID"?
In any event if I find a replacement LCD I'm going to need the "CE Utility Diskette" to install it, any idea where I might find it?
Coincidentally the back up battery was dead as this unit sat idle for a year, wondering if it has somehow lost it's "LCD inverter ID"?
In any event if I find a replacement LCD I'm going to need the "CE Utility Diskette" to install it, any idea where I might find it?
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Nope, the EDID didnt even exist on TPs until the T6x series AFAIK and if it did use EDID, the screen would show up ALL white or ALL black depending on if it is TN or IPS respectively.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Came across that in my searching, the link says it's for the "Hardware Maintenance Diskette", versions 1.50, 1.60 $ 1.69. I need the "CE Utility Diskette" which has the file "ceutq103.exe" as shown here: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/3e16.htm
I've dug around the Lenovo site as well without luck. Also, the link says you need a user name and p/w but I couldn't find anywhere that says how to register?
Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:56 pmNope, the EDID didnt even exist on TPs until the T6x series AFAIK and if it did use EDID, the screen would show up ALL white or ALL black depending on if it is TN or IPS respectively.
Not sure if "EDID" is the same as "LCD Inverter ID" but the manual says to check for this on pg. 44 when there are lcd issues:
https://thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hmm_pdf/37l5153.pdf
On pg. 48 they talk about using the "CE Utility Program Diskette", again, any idea where I might find it?
Thanks again.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Regardless, its an LCD issue. The inverter can only make the LCD go on and off. The irregular pattern suggests a problem with the panel itself.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
OK, thanks. In any event if I get a new panel I think I need the diskette?Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:58 pmRegardless, its an LCD issue. The inverter can only make the LCD go on and off. The irregular pattern suggests a problem with the panel itself.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
I found an exact replacement LCD on FleeBay and the result is the same, vertical lines.
Since the on board battery went completely dead after sitting for a year I think I need the "CE Utility Diskette" that contains the "LCD Panel ID Utility":
http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/3e16.htm
Any idea where I can find it? Any other ideas?
Since the on board battery went completely dead after sitting for a year I think I need the "CE Utility Diskette" that contains the "LCD Panel ID Utility":
http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/3e16.htm
Any idea where I can find it? Any other ideas?
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Just do a search with the wanted file-name, e.g. ceutq103.exe and be pleasantly surprised...
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Here's what Google comes up with:RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:17 amJust do a search with the wanted file-name, e.g. ceutq103.exe and be pleasantly surprised...
https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_ ... as_rights=
None of the links in the article work. If you found something I would be eternally grateful!
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Have you no eyes in your head?
RTFM RTF links
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Mr. Google must be playing games on me, the following link didn't come up before when I did the search:
http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/bp_thinkpad/?C=M&O=A
Looks like I've got it now, thanks for the help.
http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/bp_thinkpad/?C=M&O=A
Looks like I've got it now, thanks for the help.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
I got the utility to re-program the LCD eeprom successfully but I get the same result, vertical lines on the screen.
It's not the display adapter as an external monitor works fine. I've replaced the screen with the same result.
Anything else anyone can think of?
It's not the display adapter as an external monitor works fine. I've replaced the screen with the same result.
Anything else anyone can think of?
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Bad LCD-cable?
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Maybe, looks OK tho and I did clean the contacts as suggested. I might be able to make a jumper out of that flat, multi wire pc cable to test it.
Looking at the manual some more it says to use "PC Doctor for DOS" to help diagnose problems, think that might lead somewhere?
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Assuming that you could still find that program online (PC Doctor forced IBM/Lenovo to suspend distribution many years ago), it only tests hardware pieces such as memory, microprocessor, graphic chips, floppy/hard/optical drives, and the like. It can't directly tell you if you have a bad LCD cable or a bad display. Only your interpretation of those test results can point you in a general direction towards a solution.
For example, for some display problems like you describe, the memory allocated to put pixels up on the panel can be bad. Since that memory is typically shared between the digital path to your LCD and out the analog path to the VGA port (external monitor), that probably is not the reason for your display lines. Also, since you have swapped out the LCD panel and are still having issues, that would say the LCD cable or the motherboard. As it's easier and cheaper to replace the LCD cable, I'd try that first but given the age of the system, you may have problems locating a known good LCD cable, not to mention a motherboard.
For example, for some display problems like you describe, the memory allocated to put pixels up on the panel can be bad. Since that memory is typically shared between the digital path to your LCD and out the analog path to the VGA port (external monitor), that probably is not the reason for your display lines. Also, since you have swapped out the LCD panel and are still having issues, that would say the LCD cable or the motherboard. As it's easier and cheaper to replace the LCD cable, I'd try that first but given the age of the system, you may have problems locating a known good LCD cable, not to mention a motherboard.
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Thanks for the reply, I'll get back to this next week an report back.
I'm going to do all I can to revive this thing, it's getting personal!
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Doing some more Googling around I see that vertical lines on any LCD are usually the result of the cable or connections so I got some contact cleaner and cleaned the cable and sockets to no avail.
Took a closer look and it was cracked in a couple of spots. When I tried to connect another screen one of the flat connectors broke clean off, it's very brittle.
Soooo, I'm on the lookout for a "22L1899 – IBM ThinkPad 390 LCD Cable (14.1 inch)", got a couple of leads...
Took a closer look and it was cracked in a couple of spots. When I tried to connect another screen one of the flat connectors broke clean off, it's very brittle.
Soooo, I'm on the lookout for a "22L1899 – IBM ThinkPad 390 LCD Cable (14.1 inch)", got a couple of leads...
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Is it really this simple? http://www.pc-doctor.com/solutions/pc-doctor-for-dosrkawakami wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:30 pmAssuming that you could still find that program online (PC Doctor forced IBM/Lenovo to suspend distribution many years ago), it only tests hardware pieces such as memory, microprocessor, graphic chips, floppy/hard/optical drives, and the like. It can't directly tell you if you have a bad LCD cable or a bad display. Only your interpretation of those test results can point you in a general direction towards a solution.
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"PC-Doctor Service Center includes a version of PC-Doctor for DOS."
Is the program specific to the machine being used? HP has it online: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00471587
The file is SP26380.exe. Is it the same program? "PC-Doctor Offline DOS Diagnostics"
The original link was ftp://ftp3.hp.com/ftp3/pub/softlib/soft ... P26380.exe which no longer works, you have to use ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software4/ ... P26380.exe
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Re: Vertical lines on 390E.
Yes and no.sdfox7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2017 1:54 pmIs it really this simple? http://www.pc-doctor.com/solutions/pc-doctor-for-dos
With respect to Thinkpad systems, yes. PC-Doctor was commissioned first by IBM and then Lenovo to release versions specific to each series of Thinkpads.sdfox7 wrote:"PC-Doctor Service Center includes a version of PC-Doctor for DOS."
Is the program specific to the machine being used? HP has it online: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00471587
That version may only work for a specific model(s) of HP computer(s). The Thinkpad versions included a check of some of the internal system code to make sure it was running on the target system.sdfox7 wrote:The file is SP26380.exe. Is it the same program? "PC-Doctor Offline DOS Diagnostics"
The original link was ftp://ftp3.hp.com/ftp3/pub/softlib/soft ... P26380.exe which no longer works, you have to use ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software4/ ... P26380.exe
The file that the OP is looking for is named dgpcdoc.txt. It can be found at the same site he accessed earlier: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/mobiles/dgpcdoc.txt Coincidentally, this version of PC Doctor can also be used on the 600X. The program resides on 3 floppy disks and therefore requires downloading three separate executable files. When run one at a time, they will write the diagnostic program onto three floppies, which are then used to boot the system.
P.S. Since we're talking about that site, this is the best file you should download and peruse: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/allfiles.txt Pay particular attention to the sections in the listing that appear defined by multiple = and -. That will guide you to the proper URL.
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