lcd advice.

[gobo]

Specs:
ThinkPad A22m 2628-TTU
Based on 2628-TTU: PIII 1.0GHz (256KB), 128MB RAM, 30.0GB HDD, 14.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 8x-2x DVD, Intel Combo, TV out, Li-Ion battery, Win2000

I need a bit of advice.
I have an above describe laptop, and I the lcd on occasionally starts flickering then gets smooged(currently their is not even an OS on it, so its not the drivers). And then I can not really tell what the image is, because only small parts of it smoodged vertically all over and the color gets a bit weird. (basically it has an effect as if you wrote something on a whiteboard with a marker and then smooged it).

I took the lcd assemby apart following the instruction of the Hardware Maintenance Manual. I can get it to work properly by moving it around till it works. I checked the lcd cable connectors and they seem to be ok.
When I just jiggle the cable that does not seem to fix it.
Now I am not sure if it the:

A. The lcd cable
B. The Invertor freaking out from time to time.
C. the little wires that feed into the inverter (on the cable, the other I am guessing is power supply)

The lcd when it works works perfectly, no dead pixels or anythings.

Has anyone run into this before on this or different model?
Any advice before I start spending money on the cable and/or invertor.

Thanks in advance.

[gobo]

The reason why I think it could be the invertor is that the same thing happens when the laptop with the monitor is left alone, all of a sudden, but when I nudge it it will get fixed.

[egibbs]

Most likely it is the cable - it is the part that has to flex and move and they always fail eventually.

Look at the cable itself with a magnifying glass if possible - not just the connectors. Look for small cuts, nicks, splits, or cracks. If you find any the cable is toast. Even if you don't see any I'd still bet on the cable - especcially since nudging it makes it go away.

Ed Gibbs

[pascalecamille]

place a invert from a old scanner with 9v batterie to ligth you panel, and try to redo smoog... if it smoog, backligth panel is aout to dead...

[gobo]

Ordered a new cable from ww.indexcomputer.net.
Set see whta happens

[uniqueroubique]

I have an IBM Thinkpad A22m (2628 SSU; 15" display) that has a white band that forms on the bottom 1" or so of the LCD screen. When I slightly twist the screen, the band sometimes disappears completely but any movement can and oftentimes does bring the white band back.

Any ideas on what it could be? From what I've read so far, it seems that it could be the cable.

Any thoughts are appreciated.