Fw: [Thinkpad] 390E Will Not Boot

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Deanna
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 1) Where can I find the screws?
 2) Where can I find some sort of a screw guide? I have the hardware
 maintenance manual but they use FRUs and of course there aren't any FRUs
 stamped on the screws...there seem to be only three or four different types
 of screws and I can't differentiate them from the diagrams In the Hardware
 Maintenance Manual for the 390E.
 
 I want to get rid of this laptop whether or not I get it fixed because I
 don't want to deal with that left hinge problem again. I would prefer to
 sell it fixed but if that requires buying many more parts, I'll just sell it
 "dead".
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deanna Berman [mailto:dberman@4dv.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 3:52 PM
> To: Tristan Cunningham; thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 390E Will Not Boot
>
> My impression -- from the Hardware Maintenance Manuals and other listmembers
> -- is that it
> is important not only to fasten everything, but also to use the correct
> screw in each
> spot, and to make sure there are no loose bits rattling around inside.
>
> Getting rid of a computer rather than buying a few screws sounds a little
> shortsighted to
> me, but if you are really looking for an excuse to ditch it and buy another,
> maybe you
> should go ahead and get a new one. I still think it would be worth the price
> of the screws
> and <30 minutes work to get the 390E working to have as a spare or to sell.
>
> Deanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tristan Cunningham
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 12:56 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] 390E Will Not Boot
>
>
> > I recently disassembled my 390E to replace the bottom half of it (damn
> those
> > left hinges!). Once the bottom arrived, I dropped the new components into
> > place, go to turn on the thing and.nothing. A blank screen, and a power
> > LED. I've tried reseating the CPU and the memory, and so far no go.
> >
> > Is it imperative to connect each and every item? I ask because in all but
> > one case, I had not connected the keyboard because I did not feel like
> > completely disassembling it to fix anything I hadn't properly connected.
> > Also, I skipped a few screws that didn't appear to secure anything because
> I
> > needed some of the flat-headed small black screws to support the monitor.
> I
> > am short of about three or four of these, somehow :-/
> >
> > So does anyone have a suggestion, or should I just give up on this machine
> > and find a smaller, lighter one?
> >
> >
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