From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 14:59:02 EST
its not ther floppy drive..
the graphic is telliong you to insert an operating system diskette..
try reseating the HDD.. it might have come loose..
the 3 year warranty runs from the mfg. date if there is no original invoice..
as a last resort, pull everything except the HDD (memory and all) then try to reboot..
don't forget that there is a reset button on the back, between the expansion plug and the, uhh.. ext. video plug..
Ray Bay wrote:
> Some of the 760XL's had a lot of defective floppy drives... I exchanged
> floppy drives with EZServe and never had a nuther problem... but it
> sounds as if this may be a hard drive problem... Take your floppy drive
> out, and replace it with the CD ROM unit... If the hard drive still
> wont boot with the cD ROM unit installed, it is the hard drive... do you
> have any utility disks such as Norton?
>
> Some 760's had a 3 year warranty if you bought them from IBM or certain
> dealers... Doesn't hurt to call EZ Serve... or IBM... one of them can
> tell you if it is under warrantee because you registered it properly...
> if you did not register it, you must have the original receipt, then
> they will tell you whether it is under warranty or not...
>
> sometimes it only takes $30 to $50 or $75 depending on new or used and
> where... to exchange the floppy drive...
>
> Still you could probably fix it yourself if it is a hard drive, except
> you probably want all that stinking old data... and you didn't back up,
> Right?
>
> Good luck.
>
> aballard_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > This morning I plugged in my TP760XL as always, but hit a snag.
> >
> > Namely, it won't boot.
> >
> > It goes to the Thinkpad logo, then hangs displaying a graphic with a flashing arrow pointing to what resembles a drawing of a floppy, and sorta indicates I should hit F1.
> >
> > F1 generates I9990305
> > At one point I saw the error number 301, but not since.
> >
> > I have tried removing the floppy, and have gone into setup where thes unit passes all tests.
> >
> > I reinitialized.
> >
> > What could this be?
> >
> > Is the unit (97/07) still under warrenty?
> >
> > Who to call about a repair?
> >
> > This is a production machine, and I am about to jump.
> >
> > any help would be appreciated, particularly phone numbers
> > of whoever in IBM I should call.
> >
> > thanks again.
> >
> > Allan Ballard
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