Re: [Thinkpad] 600e Beeping

If the power is unplugged and the battery is removed, there is no way on
earth that machine is beeping, tell him to check his alarm clock.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Thomas" <jt@jt-mj.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] 600e Beeping

> A friend sent this:
>
> Using my Thinkpad 600E. It has started beeping. More
> specifically it beeps every sixty two seconds. The "beep" is one high
> pitched beep followed by 2 short lower pitched beeps.
>
> I am running on ac power, and it knows that and so indicates. The power
> meter indicates the battery is 97% charged, so it doesn't apppear to be a
> low battery warning. (I think I may have heard such when I forgot to turn
> the power on and the battery ran low in the past, I am not sure.)
>
> Well this morning I turned it off and disconnected the power and it kept
> right on beeping every 62 seconds. It had stopped by the time I got back
> this afternoon. But re-connecteing the power (not turning it on, just
> re-connecting the power!) started it again.
>
> Then I disconnected the power and removed the battery, and it kept right
> on beeping!!!!
>
> Any ideas what might be going on and what I might do about it?
>
> ---
>
> I'll pass on the collective wisdom of the list to him. Thanks.
>
>
>
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Received on Tue Jan 16 20:44:50 2007