[OT] Laptop screen messed up

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, at 9:54am, jeff.macdonald at virtualbuilder.com wrote:
> I was playing WarCraft III on my wifes laptop when the laptop decided to
> go into hibernate mode (power cord had jiggled loose). The screen is now a
> a bunch of different colors and at one point turned white.

  FYI (I realize the problem went away), here is a useful thing to try for
any laptop hardware glitch: Remove all power sources.  That means unplug the
line cord and remove all main batteries.  For good measure, try holding down
the power button for a few seconds after you've done that.  Then wait about
15 seconds, re-apply power, and see what happens.

  Most of us have cleared hardware glitches on desktops and servers by doing
the old power-down-reboot cycle.  It's important to remember that, with a
laptop, there is more then one power source.  :-)

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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