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x230 display issue

#1 Post by pictux » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:49 pm

Hi all,
i've recevied this x230 (type 2325-CJ0).
Case is quite good (a few scratches and the lcd bezel broken in 2 points) but i don't care it too much.
Big problem here is that the display after a while start flickering showing black and white bands (as you can see in the image)
Mouse and keyboard are inactive, i have to turn off the machine to make it usable again.

https://s12.postimg.org/juv6emyrh/P60906_230316_1.jpg

Can i fix this in any way?
Any tips?
Thanks!
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: x230 display issue

#2 Post by nitrocaster » Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:20 pm

Does the same issue appear with an external display?
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Re: x230 display issue

#3 Post by pictux » Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:33 pm

Hi and thanks for the reply!
nitrocaster wrote:Does the same issue appear with an external display?
I've checked and yes, same issue on external display....
Maybe the motherboard is defective?
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: x230 display issue

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:00 pm

If both LCD and external screen show the same crap, then you'll need a new motherboard.
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Re: x230 display issue

#5 Post by kony » Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:13 am

I agree, it's a clear motherboard issue (or CPU's iGPU, though much less likely).
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Re: x230 display issue

#6 Post by StefanKo » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:46 pm

Doesn't matter, the CPU is soldered onto the mainboard and can not be exchanged without mainboard replacement anyway.
using an X220 (i3->i5->i7, hopefully soon FHD IPS), an X41 (SSD via (m)sata-Mod, IPS, ~100Wh custom battery);
playing with an T430u(buntu), storing a T22, X41t, T42, R61, T61p;
and taking care of the T420s (FHD IPS) of my wife

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Re: x230 display issue

#7 Post by pictux » Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:14 am

Thanks for the replies.
I'll search for a replacement.
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T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: x230 display issue

#8 Post by pictux » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:36 am

Hi everybody,
i simply try removing one memory bank at time (there were 2 banks 4gb each), and found out that the problem was one of them.
So no need to change mobo :)
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x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: x230 display issue

#9 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:29 am

Good find!
We usually forget that a lot of laptops have integrated graphics with shared memory, i.e. use the RAM modules.
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Re: x230 display issue

#10 Post by rjwilmsi » Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:41 am

Interesting. Did you run memtest86+ on the RAM to identify if a module reports as faulty? I've previously heard reported that some people have found RAM starts reporting errors after a few hours after it has been hot for a prolonged period. As you say the display issue only appears after a few hours, perhaps that could be related.

Though in my own RAM testing all but 1 of over 100 modules I'd estimate I've tested were either absolutely fine i.e. full pass of memtest86+ passed zero errors, or failed within seconds (machine wouldn't boot or caused memtest86+ to crash or raise errors within seconds of starting). The only one that wasn't like that had a single error at a single address, so I still use it with the Linux kernel told not to use that address (via grub settings).

In older ThinkPads there was an issue with the graphics that if you had internal graphics, two RAM modules and had a particular BIOS setting enabled (I think it was a virtualisation setting like VT-d or something though I can't find the link to the relevant Lenovo support page) then you could see graphics corruption issues, though not as severe as in your photo. Saw that personally on an X200s.

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