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Posted by burgerbyte on May 13, 2005, 4:49 am
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My R40e ThinkPad suddenly quit booting...
1) Press powerup button
Results:
5 of the power/system status indicator LEDs light up for about a
second, then 4 turn off (numlock, caplock, battery status, and standby)
leaving only the 'PowerOn' LED on... and nothing more. Fan shuts down
at this point too.
No BIOS, no way to interrupt. I've tried a bootable CD, removing
harddrive, CD, memory... no change in results.
Do I have a dead motherboard? Anything I can do with it? (it's out of
warrenty of course) All creative suggestions welcomed!
Thanks,
Jim
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Posted by JHEM on May 13, 2005, 2:36 pm
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burgerbyte wrote:
> My R40e ThinkPad suddenly quit booting...
Change the CMOS (RTC) battery.
Report back.
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James
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Posted by burgerbyte on May 13, 2005, 1:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Change the CMOS (RTC) battery.
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That's one thing I considered, that I haven't tried yet... My 'normal'
experience with desktops, would suggest that a dead battery would cause
the BIOS to revert to defaults, but still at least initiate boot
sequences. Isn't this the case with the laptop here?
I'll try to find a battery tomorrow anyway.. thanks.
Jim
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Posted by burgerbyte on May 13, 2005, 1:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options btw... I DID try booting WITHOUT the battery, with no difference.
-Jim
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Posted by burgerbyte on May 16, 2005, 5:15 am
Please log in for more thread options I relaced the battery... no difference. Sounds like a system board
failure. Where can I find a replacement?
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