Screen issues that can be called Bizzare at best

[tpmwr]

Alright, this issue is something that has had me confused for a few days now.

The other day I was using my t42, everything was fine and dandy. I went to tilt the screen forward for better viewing and all of a sudden the screen turned off. As I tilted it back and forth it would come one and off, but everything would be garbled.

I figured it was my screen ribbon and proceeded to purchase a new ribbon. My IBM ribbon arrived last night, and I installed it. But that didn't fix the problem, it only made it worse. Now the screen backlight comes on but nothing happens. If I tilt the screen I get the IBM bootup image, but in the wronge place, and it only flashes for a second, I cannot get anything to show up solid. I am confused as to what could be causing this if it's not the ribbon.

Any suggestions?
-Anthony

[carbon_unit]

Have you tried plugging in an external monitor to see if it works that way? This will tell you if it is the LCD/ribbon cable or the video chipset causing the problem.

[Nick Y]

Sounds very familiar. I suggest reading 'Sticky: t42 shuts down when i move it:' in this forum.

[richk]

Did you get the right cable? My guess is the first cable failed and you replaced with the wrong one. SXGA+ and XGA are different.,

[tpmwr]

I just realized that. I got an XGA ribbon like an idiot, and this is a SXGA+ Monitor. I checked eBay and didn't have much luck, anyone know where I can find an SXGA+ ribbon?

[richk]

I am assuming you have a 14" LCD. I have one here, but I keep one around for testing LCDs. I just looked at eBay for part number 91P6787 and this is the cheapest one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-TP-T41-T42-T43- ... dZViewItem

[tpmwr]

Wow, thanks for the help richk. Gonna buy one of these tonight, just sent the seller a message asking if they can overnight it for me for a fee. Would love to have my thinkpad back before I leave town next week.