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Service Hints & Tips

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TP 760 - LCD Flicker (U.S. only)

Applicable to: United States

SYMPTOM:
LCD flicker occurs:

Condition 1.
In AC Mode only when the battery is below 50% charge.

Condition 2.
Intermittently in AC or DC mode when the battery has a low charge (less then 20%). The condition is more pronounced when the brightness is set to minimum.

PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
Condition 1:
A 40 Watt AC Adapter is being used.

Condition 2:
The LCD inverter card is NOT FRU:

P/N82H5508 in the XGA LCD panel
OR
P/N82H5509 in the SVGA LCD panel

FIX:
Condition 1.
Replace the 40 Watt AC Adapter with a 35 Watt AC Adapter FRU P/N85G6705.

NOTE:
A New AC Power cord is also required. See the attached AC Power Cord chart.

Condition 2.
Replace the Inverter Card.


For systems with a 12.1 XGA LCD use Inverter card
FRU P/N82H5508.

For systems with a 12.1 SVGA LCD use Inverter
care FRU P/N82H5509.

AC Power Cord Chart

______________________________________________________________
|IBM Power Cord | Used in These Countries |
|FRU Part Number| |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2205 | Argentina, Australia, New Guinea, |
| | New Zealand, Papua, Paraguay, Uruguay. |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2207 | Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, |
| | Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, |
| | Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, |
| | Honduras, Jamaica, Korea, Nicaragua, |
| | Panama, Peru, Philippines, Trinidad |
| | (West Indies), United States of America, |
| | Venezuela |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2209 | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech |
| | Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany|
| | Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, |
| | Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, |
| | Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey,|
| | former Yugoslavia. |
| | former Yugoslavia. |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2211 | Denmark |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2213 | Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa, |
| | Sri Lanka. |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2215 | Abu Dhabi, Albania, Antigua, Bahrain, |
| | Brunei, Dubai, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, |
| | Ireland, Kenya, Kuwait, Macao, Malaysia, |
| | Nigeria, Oman, People's Republic of China|
| | Qatar, Singapore, United Kingdom |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2219 | Thailand |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2221 | Switzerland |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2223 | Chile, Italy |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|P/N25H2225 | Israel |
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Hint Category

Display/Monitor

Date Created

28-07-97

Last Updated

31-03-98

Revision Date

15-03-99

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD

Machine Type

9546, 9547

Model

various

TypeModel

Retain Tip (if applicable)

H16505

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