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Posted by tc on September 22, 2005, 7:14 pm
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Hi,
I have a IBM thinkpad T20 , warranty has expired
currently when I try to boot the light just blinks and does nothing,
i have tried to switch on with ac power (removing battery) the same
thing
happens.
what could be the reason for this type of failure any idea?
can i use laptops monitor as desktops monitor(not this one) if yes how?
regards
tc
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Posted by Barry Watzman on September 23, 2005, 10:58 am
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Most likely there has been a significant power supply failure on the
laptop's motherboard.
No, you cannot use the monitor as a desktop monitor.
Your options are to fix it or to sell it as-is on E-Bay. You might be
surprised at how much you can get for it, even though it doesnt' work
(it has a good screen, hard drive, CD, keyboard, external power
supply/charger, etc.)
One of the "sell it as-is" options it to "part it out" (take it apart
and sell the parts separately).
tc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a IBM thinkpad T20 , warranty has expired
>
> currently when I try to boot the light just blinks and does nothing,
> i have tried to switch on with ac power (removing battery) the same
> thing
> happens.
>
> what could be the reason for this type of failure any idea?
>
> can i use laptops monitor as desktops monitor(not this one) if yes how?
>
> regards
> tc
>
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Posted by matt.hazel on September 23, 2005, 5:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options If you call IBM support they can usually tell you what is wrong even
though you dont have a current warranty. The light blinks in in
different patterns for different problems. If you tell them the
pattern, they can usually tell you what is wrong.
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Posted by Bruce Markowitz on September 24, 2005, 2:06 am
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BARRY, stop giving bad advice
>Hi,
>
>I have a IBM thinkpad T20 , warranty has expired
>
>currently when I try to boot the light just blinks and does nothing,
>i have tried to switch on with ac power (removing battery) the same
>thing
>happens.
>
>what could be the reason for this type of failure any idea?
>
>can i use laptops monitor as desktops monitor(not this one) if yes how?
>
>regards
>tc
>
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Posted by tc on September 24, 2005, 1:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options thanks for all the inputs, i will try changing the cmos battery.
thanks again
tc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a IBM thinkpad T20 , warranty has expired
>
> currently when I try to boot the light just blinks and does nothing,
> i have tried to switch on with ac power (removing battery) the same
> thing
> happens.
>
> what could be the reason for this type of failure any idea?
>
> can i use laptops monitor as desktops monitor(not this one) if yes how?
>
> regards
> tc
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