A couple of possibilities:

There is a flex cable that runs from the base of the Thinkpad up to the screen this carries the data for the screen to display. This could have cracked from the constant flexing of opening and closing the screen.

If you are pushing down on the base of the Thinkpad, just above the keyboard, then the other possibility might be a problem with the seating of the video chip on the motherboard.

Lenovo (IBM) will fix either for a price! They should be able to give you a quote. If it is the flex cable then I might consider it, but replacing the motherboard would probably cost more than the laptop is worth.

If you can find a similar T41 cheap on E-bay or Craigslist etc. then you could buy that and then swap the hard drive for yours (and add the memory together if you can) But there is no way to determine how much life is in the replacement system.

IBM is selling refurbished units on it’s web site:

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2576396

But Ebay looks cheaper.

If it is the cable then an alternative is to use an external display plugged into the VGA port. This will work fine, but kind of defeats the point of having a portable computer.

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