My new IBM Thinkpad T40 came today and it's already having problems. For some reason there are a lot of graphical problems. 2D programs (such as emulators) seem to run slower than I think they should. The frame rates are worse than my old Inspiron 8200 (with a Geforce 4 Go). 3D programs don't run too well either but they also have more serious problems. There is occasional corruption and other problems. Textures are sometimes corrupt or just plain missing. The only 3D programs I've had a chance to run are 3D Mark 2000 and 3D Mark 2001SE. Both of them have the same problems.
I've tried downloading the latest video drivers from IBM but they don't help. I've run tests on the graphics card using the program that came with it and it says it's working but I don't know how well it checks. Any ideas what the problem could be? I'm really pissed that I spent all that money on an IBM and even it doesn't work right! This is the THIRD laptop I've had problems with right out of the box.
I'm wondering if there could be some kind of design flaw that may be allowing the Radeon 9000 to overheat. This is the ONLY model T40 that comes with a Radeon 9000 (besides the T40p) and maybe they didn't test them too well. Or maybe I just got a bad unit? I'd love for this to just be some weird software problem but it looks a lot like when a video card is overclocked too far.
I've tried downloading the latest video drivers from IBM but they don't help. I've run tests on the graphics card using the program that came with it and it says it's working but I don't know how well it checks. Any ideas what the problem could be? I'm really pissed that I spent all that money on an IBM and even it doesn't work right! This is the THIRD laptop I've had problems with right out of the box.
I'm wondering if there could be some kind of design flaw that may be allowing the Radeon 9000 to overheat. This is the ONLY model T40 that comes with a Radeon 9000 (besides the T40p) and maybe they didn't test them too well. Or maybe I just got a bad unit? I'd love for this to just be some weird software problem but it looks a lot like when a video card is overclocked too far.