thinkpad 760 no screen

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From: Bruce Harborne (bharborne_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 03:20:46 EDT


>On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:54:53 -0400, Mike Jackson wrote:
>
>>I'm having a serious start up problem with my 760CD. When I turn it on I
>>nothing much happens. I get a power reading on the small LCD screen as
>well
>>as a flashing speaker symbol. That's it. No noises at all! This sucks.
>>I've tried it with a full battery, expended battery, no battery but
plugged
>>in all with no improvement. I've tried holding down the F1 key when I
turn
>>it on and it makes no difference. I get bad beeps when I hit function
keys
>>with it on like this. I really don't know a lot about computers and am
>>looking for some guidance/experience. I just bought this thing used and
>got
>>to use it about 3 times before this happened. I did a search of the
>>archives first and found 1 similar post with no replies. If you have any
>>ideas please email me.
>
>

>Hi
>Sometimes the small switch under the lcd display gets stuck in teh down
>position and it thinks the lcd is in the down position and does not turn on
>Try using a pencil or something to flick the switch a few time or it may
>need to be replaced
>
>Bruce
>Vancouver Canada


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