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Posted by Bruce Markowitz on July 6, 2005, 3:19 am
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there is no system board fan. Try re-seating the CPU and use a good
insulator, like Artic Silver. It might help.
> I have an IBM ThinkPad A22P that shuts off unexpectedly, when it's in
>XP Pro SP2 and even when not in the OS (while in the BIOS). It seems
>to be from overheating, although I'm not certain. I've tested it while
>on battery only, with AC adaptor connected, and every combination
>thereof. I don't think it is the AC/DC power adaptor, as I've used
>other known good ones. I'm thinking that it must be the processor fan
>not working or the main system board fan not working, but I can't find
>the FRU replacement part for a system board fan, only a processor fan.
>I have used memtest86+, and tested each SIMM separately and they both
>test without any errors (1 1/2 hrs.)as suggested by someone on
>www.experts-exchange.
>
>I'm reasonably sure that it's heat related, 'cause after I was done
>testing, I rebooted and it started to go into Windows XP and about 30
>seconds into the bootup process, it shutdown again, tried again several
>times and it kept shutting down in shorter and shorter intervals. The
>strange thing is that the memtest86+ ran for over an hour and a half
>and it didn't shutdown - and of course the HD never comes into play
>'cause the memtest is running from a floppy. Is it posible the HD is
>compromised? I did run AVAST's AV on it prior to the memtest86+ and it
>found one Trojan virus that I deleted. I also noticed that there is no
>exhaust fan working on the left side of the Thinkpad where there
>appears to be an exhaust vent - is there one in that model?
>Has anyone had a similar problem, or knows what the solution to this is
>?
>
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