LCD Failures?

[araemo]

I tried searching the forums, but was unable to find much about this issue.


We've had a hundred or so T60s that were purchased starting last April/May, and other than some software issues(Access connections anyone?) we've been pretty happy. However, recently we have had a set that have had recurring LCD problems over the past 2 or 3 months.. a couple laptops have had the LCD die 3-5 times. The machine powers on, and the LCD backlight powers on, but no image is displayed on the LCD. If we hook up an external monitor, and switch the display over, it works fine. These are all 15" 1024x768 screens, but I don't know if they're all the same panel manufacturer.

IBM covers the repairs under our warranty just fine, but some of them have died again on arrival(I have one on my desk that arrived today, and the LCD did not work even the first time I turned it on.), or a couple days later.

Has anyone else seen unusually high LCD (or LCD cable or inverter?) mortality rates with the 15" screen T60 line?

[BillMorrow]

you can check the panel maker by going to the support website and looking around..
sorry i can't be more specific but i wanted to get this in quickly and i am very busy this morning so i can't take time to find the link right now..

[araemo]

I have been looking, and so far all of them are PN 13N7066, FRU 13N7067, listed as LG-Phillips in the hardware maintenance manual.

I've only looked up 4 so far, so it might not be all of our problem laptops, but those 4 all had the same LCD part numbers.