Do you know that IBM Thinkpad T42 have a bad things on the VGA or graphic card, especially for "ATI Mobility RADEON 7500". Yes, Many people have problem with T42 VGA. And it's not a cheap, you need to replace it to the new one. Most people didn't know about it, so they use their thinkpad T42 for playing high-end games, watching movie to much, or even use it on design. Well it's really not a good thing, as i know there is no FAN on the VGA of this T42, so it can makes the ATI VGA becomes so hot.
As you know, IBM thinkpad T42 comes with this :
Video chipsets:
32MB ATI Mobility RADEON 7500 (dangerous, dont use it to play high end games)
32MB ATI Mobility RADEON 9000
64MB ATI Mobility RADEON 9600
128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2
My friend, who are the technicians have solved many problem about this VGA problem. well, it cost so much money. Well i dont, know about another ATI RADEON 9000, 9600 or FireGL T2, is that have a same problem or no. But according to my friend experience, many IBM thinkpad T42 have a big problem on the VGA.
Another Problem, about the VGA is "BGA problem which need Reflow", well i weill talk about it next post. Hope this post usefull.
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