@kev It's time to replace your LCD flex cable. I did replaced such thing in my laptop 10 years before. (Not Thinkpad, but Dell)
I had another X Series and encountering more likely similar problem. But I haven't done replaced it yet because I work in another device at this moment.
@sohkamyung More of this detail please ;)
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