Ocassional lines accross the display on my t61 with Windows7

[nomad5150]

I just purchased a certifed pre-owned T61, boosted the memory to 4GB and dropped a 500GB HD and Windows 7 64bit (I wanted the ability to use more than 3GB of memory). It was basically, cost-effective replacement for a relative's computer that recently bit the dust. Anyway, today out of the blue, the display started to have a bunch of horizontal lines. However, rebooting the system made the problem go away. Any thoughts?

[dr_st]

Is it an nVidia GPU-equipped T61? These have a known manufacturing defect with the graphics adapter, which eventually leads to failure. The symptoms you described are some of the possible symptoms of the failure.

[nomad5150]

truth be told I'm not certain what video card is. I can remote in an check, but are there any fixes, driver updates that'd you'd suggest?

[dr_st]

Assuming it is indeed the hardware problem I fear, no driver updates will help you. You cannot cure a physically damaged hardware with software. But let's check before jumping to conclusions.

[nomad5150]

you make a fair and valid point, but I'll remote into the system today and see what type of video card it has. That would be a shame if that ended up being the case as it tells me the q/a process is flawed.