T410 monitor goes black intermittently

Running Windows 7.

I have read similar problems that others have posted, that is the screen turns black during start-up. My machine starts very well, but every few minutes the screen goes black / dies - no backlight.

It takes a minute or two, then the display will return to normal. Then it goes black again. Then it returns to normal. He does not sleep, HARD drive keeps spinning.

I checked the graphics driver - no update available. I reinstalled it in any case. Bed help lenovo thinkvantage - utility-is of no help.

At this point, I wonder about the integrity of the motherboard.

Help! And thanks in advance.

Thanks for the quick response.

After validation, it gradually occurred to me that something that I might be the problem. A few months ago, I cut the end of a cable to the wide and plugged VGA on the laptop, using the screws to make a firm connection. The "stump" of cable extended about 20mm, and that I have attached the ethernet cable and the power cable with a cable tie. (This was done to prevent stress on the connections that I move the machine around the room.)

It works very well and has worked without a hitch for months.

As I said, after validation, I started to wonder if the break of the end was the problem - stray strands of son intermittently touching a cable, they should be isolated, in force at random to fill various pins on the VGA output jack.

To test this situation, I upgraded the insulation of the wires from the end cut off and, of course, no more display problems.

(Feeling stupid and clever at the same time.)

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