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    Overlapping Views

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by justmehere, May 29, 2008.

  1. justmehere

    justmehere Newbie

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    Dear All

    A close family friend has an IBM R51 Laptop that seems to have a slighly overlapping identical screen. Their young son was using the laptop and after a second use the screen appears to have become over lapped where only 10-30% of the second over lapped screen is displayed. The laptop screen or display works perfectly when hooked up to an external monitor.

    Here are some pictures of the over lapped screen taken by our close family friend.

    http://www.geocities.com/inderpaul_s/Thinkpad/Pic001.jpg
    http://www.geocities.com/inderpaul_s/Thinkpad/Pic002.jpg
    http://www.geocities.com/inderpaul_s/Thinkpad/Pic004.jpg

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    justmehere, May 29, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Pics doesn't work.Try uploading on flickr or imageshack
     
    The_Observer, May 29, 2008
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  3. proxima_centauri

    proxima_centauri Notebook Consultant

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    The first and third pics are viewable to me.
     
    proxima_centauri, May 29, 2008
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  4. justmehere

    justmehere Newbie

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    justmehere, May 29, 2008
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  5. ssnseawolf

    ssnseawolf Notebook Consultant

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    Since the external monitor works fine I would suggest you check the display cable in your laptop. Doesn't seem like that would be the problem to me, but it can't hurt. Odd.
     
    ssnseawolf, May 30, 2008
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  6. justmehere

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    Many thanks ssnseawolf. Will give that a try.
     
    justmehere, May 30, 2008
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  7. BrendaEM

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    I would try, shutting down, pull the battery, wait 15 seconds, reinstall it, and try booting.
    It looks like the video chip is trying to use the external monitor resolution/timing on the internal monitor.
     
    BrendaEM, May 31, 2008
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