RE: [Thinkpad] 240x - won't boot, blank screen, no beeps - help

Greetings:

I am not familiar with this specific model, but have had experience with
laptop repair in general. To that end, the following suggestions:

For a symptom that you described (No boot blank screen) the typical issue
is:

1). Memory
2). CPU

wrt 1). I would either remove/reseat/replace the memory and see if this
corrects the problem. If this unit has on board memory and the problem
persists, then that is the likely issue.

2). In this 'rough and tumble' world, sometimes the cpu assembly may need
re-seating (This corrected a problem with a blank screen on a dell latitude
as well as a HP omnibook). Given that you mentioned some work on a TFT
cable, I assume that you have access to the mb.

NOTE: in the bios sequence, CPU and memory activity are usually the first
checks. That's where I would concentrate.

HTH.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org]On
> Behalf Of Neil Chambers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:10 AM
> To: 'thinkpad@stderr.org'
> Subject: [Thinkpad] 240x - won't boot, blank screen, no beeps - help
>
>
> I have a Thinkpad 240x which was given to my wife by her last
> employer, but
> IT said they didn't want it back as they were upgrading etc.
> Since it had a
> fair amount of company specific systems management software on it
> I tried to
> remove as much as possible and re-install windows. I ran into
> problems with
> it and gave up. That was 6 months ago. I've decided to try to get
> it up and
> running again but now when I turn it on, not a lot happens.
>
> The green power on light comes on but no other's light up or flash. I can
> hear the fan start and the hard-drive whirr and do a few clicks. There are
> no beeps. Nothing else happens. There is nothing on the screen. I've tried
> linking it to a CRT monitor and used the Function + F7 (or whatever one it
> is) to select external monitor but that shows nothing too. I've
> tried using
> the batter and the AC adaptor. I've tried reseating the TFT screen cable.
>
> Can anyone suggest what can be wrong and what I can do?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
> Neil
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