From: Mike Jackson (mjackson_at_rim.net)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 12:15:34 EDT
Okay thanks I will try that. One more thing I will mention that I'm not
sure I have. When I start it up there is a faint noise for a 1/2 second. I
first thought it was the hard drive or floppy trying to spin... but when I
listed really close it actually was coming from the speaker. It was just
some garbled noise. Not sure what that means.
Mike Jackson
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Etkins [mailto:eccles_at_mira.net]
Sent: August 7, 2002 12:05 PM
To: Mike Jackson; thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: RE: start-up problems with my 760CD
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 10:42:52 -0400, Mike Jackson wrote:
>I'm not even getting the beep at start-up saying that the motherboard is
>happy and booting. I think that's what is referred to as the POST. I am
>not hearing the POST.
Odd. See below.
>"When you turn on the laptop the first thing that comes on is the battery
>percentage and the flashing speaker with a blank screen. Once the flashing
>speaker stops the memory count starts on the top left hand and a beep. If
>you don't see the memory count and hear no fan/power there would be no way
>to get to the a: drive or hard disk. I would say it is power or
>motherboard."
That's not what happens on my 760's. The flashing speaker icon simply
indicates that the system has made (or tried to make) a noise - the startup
beep in this case - and it keeps flashing until a key is pressed. If you
disable it through the Thinkpad Utilities (while the system is functional,
obviously), then it never even flashes at startup.
>I don't know laptops
>well (or computers for that matter) so changing the memory is beyond me
>without specific instructions.
>
>One more thing. What is the board that is about 3"x3" square and plugs in
>on the bottom side of the laptop? It did come out at one point and I put
it
>back in... I don't think anything was damaged. It happened about the same
>time but not exactly.
That board IS the memory carrier. Take the cover off again and check that
it's correctly seated. If it is, and the machine still won't boot, then
remove it and you will find one or two memory modules mounted on it. The
retention method should be pretty self-explanatory. Try removing one or
both modules, reinsert the carrier, and reboot. Let us know what happens.
Good luck,
Jon Etkins
Austin, TX
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