T43p Graphical artefacts - Overheating

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Kel Ghu · #1 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:33 pm

Hello people!

I'm just received my 14" T43p few days ago and I am very proud to be one of yours guys!

I'm generaly very satisfied with my T43p except a few things, like:
- the screen is ghosting a bit too much to me, but I'll get used to it.
- the fan is always on, not too much of a matter actually
- the overheating graphic card, this one is very annoying.

And I'm here to ask you guys about this last problem.

When I play (eg. WoW

) or do some graphically intensive stuff, after a while (like 1 hours or 2), I get graphical artefacts a little bit everywhere on my screen. It's like ghosting... Well, let me explain it. I have the bottom left corner of my screen as an overlay on the whole screen. And it ghosts like 10% of the white pixels and borders of windows, meaning the white pixels that are in the bottom left corner of my screen are also in the middle of my screen but they are green. And I can also see a double of my cursor when it is near that corner, it's not a clear cursor but it's a cursor.

Does anyone else have the same problem as me? Should I send my T43p back?

Thank you!

regards,

--Kel

#2 Post by **K. Eng** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:42 pm

Sounds like something is wrong with either the GPU or the video driver. I'd update the driver to the lastest version and then run PC Doctor to see if there are still problems.

If that doesn't clear things up, call tech support.

Kel Ghu · #3 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:46 pm

I have already updated the drivers with Omega Catalyst 5.4 modified drivers. Performance got better, but the overheating problem is still here... I'll do a PC Doctor now...

sugo · #4 Post by **sugo** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:05 pm

Does the issue exist with newest OEM driver?

nirvana0001 · #5 Post by **nirvana0001** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:44 pm

have you try to made it over clock?

Kel Ghu · #6 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:45 pm

Well, I'm going to reinstall the "old" OEM drivers. The last update of those drivers was feb 05.

Kel Ghu · #7 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:35 am

No, I didnt overclock it.

Settings are as follow:
Full perf: GPU 400Mhz - RAM 250Mhz
Power saving: GPU 105Mhz - RAM 122Mhz

Kel Ghu · #8 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:31 pm

Well I returned my T43p for this graphic card problem. They changed the whole thing, motherboard, graphic card, etc... As it is all on one piece. It took them 2 days to do the whole thing. I could have my T43p the same day if they didnt have to test it before giving it back to me. Excellent service! I love IBM!

sugo · #9 Post by **sugo** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:45 pm

I hope it got fixed? If so that's great and fast turnaround indeed..

T43p Graphical artefacts - Overheating

T43p Graphical artefacts - Overheating

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