From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 12:55:56 EDT
have you pulled the memory or ruled memory out as the problem..??
if not, do so..
how about booting into DOS..
(remember DOS..?)
sounds to me like it IS a W2k problem..
A21m is a pretty basic machine..
also try reloading W2k..
i MIGHT have an A21m recovery CD here..
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----- Original Message -----
From: <james.ritterbusch_at_prudential.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:49 PM
Subject: [A21m] crashes on bootup
> I have an A21m that behaves erratically -- it crashes more often than it
> starts. It has Win 2000 Pro installed as an after-market upgrade.
>
> Here's what I know.
>
> Many times, it will go to the Windows splash screen. The gas gauge goes
> about 2/3 the way across, then I get a Blue Screen of Death that reads:
> STOP: 0x000000E0, (0x00000002, 0x90000002, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
> Your computer (BIOS) has reported that a component in your system is
faulty
> and has prevented Windows from operating blah blah blah
>
> At this point, the only option that works is to power down and try again.
> Sometimes, the 2nd time is the charm.
> Sometimes, the nth works.
> Sometimes, I just run out of patience.
>
> Other times, it will hang on the IBM splash screen before it ever gets to
> Windows. No messages here, it just stays on that screen.
> Sometimes, pressing F1 will take me to the BIOS setup.
> Sometimes, pressing F1 will display Entering IBM BIOS Setup, but it just
> hangs there.
> Sometimes, pressing F1 does nothing at all.
> Sometimes, F1 doesn't display as an option, and pressing it does nothing.
> Sometimes, pressing CTL-ALT-DEL here will cause Windows to start. It then
> may work correctly, or it may exhibit the behavior above.
> Sometimes, pressing CTL-ALT-DEL just reverts to the IBM splash screen.
> Time to power down and try again.
>
> Very occasionally, the screen comes up totally blank. The backlight seems
> to be on, but there are no pixels illuminated. Power down, try again.
>
> BIOS has been updated a couple of times and is current. Windows has had
> critical updates applied a couple of times, and is within a few weeks of
> current. None of the upgrades had any apparent effect, good or bad.
>
> Running on the battery, or the AC adapter or both does not seem to have
any
> appreciable effect.
>
> I have run DR. DOS diagnostics numerous times. Of course, everything
> checks out perfectly.
>
> At one point, I had a hunch that the problem was related to the diskette
> drive. When I went into BIOS and changed its state to either disabled or
> enabled, the machine seemed to boot correctly after that. However, that
no
> longer seems to work. Maybe it was just a fluke, or maybe it was just the
> act of changing the BIOS that temporarily repaired it.
>
> Here's what I was told third-hand. I have no reason to doubt these
> statements, but cannot personally verify them.
> IBM replaced the diskette drive, but they think that it's really a
> "software problem".
> IBM claim that since the machine was not shipped with Win 2000 installed,
> they will not support the software.
>
> Any help from anybody on the list would be hugely appreciated.
>
> Jim Ritterbusch
>
>
>
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