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Posted: Oct. 30 2007,22:33 QUOTE
Try adding acpi=off (possibly pci=noacpi too) to those bootcodes?
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Posted: Oct. 31 2007,04:12 QUOTE
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Oct. 30 2007,17:33)
Try adding acpi=off (possibly pci=noacpi too) to those bootcodes?

Great!  One of those codes did the trick (I added all of them).. not sure which worked, but it worked!

Thanks again for everyone's help...
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Posted: Oct. 31 2007,05:08 QUOTE
It was probably noapci acpi=off... the 600e was reported to have a buggy bios with acpi.
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Posted: Oct. 31 2007,09:03 QUOTE
Howdy!

There is another solution. If you install the full xfree86 server extension, you could give this a shot:
Code Sample
xset -dpms


Do note, that with 24/7 use, your TFT's backlight will probably give up in a year or two. It's not very expensive, but it is difficult to both obtain and replace.
Another note: couldn't you find a nice old 386 or 486 for the job? You know, a P2 is a terrible thing to waste, IMO. :(

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Posted: Oct. 31 2007,12:18 QUOTE
The IBM thinkpad's are nice machines, I will give you that.  But, I found a bunch of old ones (taking parts from some to make usable machines).   Although.. I have two machines, one with a broken screen, the other with a good screen bad motherboard.... same model number, but the good board won't run the good screen!!

Go figure!
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