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    T500 Flickering Screen

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jdwhite, Jan 21, 2009.

  1. jdwhite

    jdwhite Notebook Enthusiast

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    Question for you all.

    I recently got a T500, I am loving it but I am noticing some oddities with the display. Every time I turn the laptop on, wake it up from sleep the screen flickers. It you are typing it flickers to your touching the keys, or if you gently tap the laptop, or move the screen back and forth on the hinges. At first I thought this was loose wires, bad connectors whatever, but the issue goes away after 2-3 minutes almost like its loading drivers and once they are loaded all is well.

    Has any one heard of this? run into it? anything? Is it something to do with the laptop loading the proper driver for the video selected (ATI or onboard) from the switchable graphics. I ask this because if I change graphics on the fly it will do the same thing again until seemingly the drivers are loaded and then it stops?

    It isn't a big issue but I want to make sure it isn't something that will get worse in time.

    Thanks for any and all help!
     
  2. joer80

    joer80 Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine will flicker one time after its already done switching over, but thats it. Its usually pretty fast after the switch.

    But I have mine biosed into discrete card only right now to try and stop my freezing.. So far so good..