Posts by ginahoy

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Yeah. Hopefully someone can confirm it with personal experience. All my search came up empty regarding the swap of the T42 and T42p LCD I found someone who apparently knows about this......

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn How about reviewing the manualThe only manual I have is the repair manual. I think there's a reference in the AccessIBM program, but it doesn't do much good without a screen. Anyway, I figured out that...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn according to your post you seem to be quite sure about itI'm not sure what I said that gave you that impression. In fact, I am not sure at all, which is why I asked the question. I was hoping someone...

Thanks for quick reply, and thank you for this forum! 'Give it a go' doesn't answer the question, really. Are you certain they're compatible? Replacement takes a couple of hours... not to mention hassle and cost of returning the...

At the time, I didn't remember the FN combi. I panicked when I heard the bulb popping and wanted to be quick about it, so I rebooted into BIOS and took care of it there. That wouldn't have been a problem if I had been stupid about...

Most of the displays I found were not in great condition. I do have a couple of T42 displays saved that look ok, but the T42P is the best by far and is less than one of the T42 displays. I think it may be capable of higher resolution on...

I need to replace my T42 display and I found a T42p assembly on eBay that's in excellent condition at a reasonable price. Will it work with my T42 laptop?

Replacing the inverter solved the problem... for a while. Last week the screen went permanently dark. This time I could see what appears to be the LCD bulb flickering in the lower right corner of the screen accompanied by a popping...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Do you still have your Think Advantage utilities installed? if yes run it and see what it says Check also if your model System Interface Driver is being installed Turns out the System Interface...

The on-screen display that shows volume, and screen brightness as I recall, has been missing in action for several months. Is there a software setting for this, or is it some sort of failure?