Re: [Thinkpad] T41p No POST

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Mitchell Leben wrote:

> Update to my own post:
>
> I removed the screen bezel and made sure the cable to the inverter was secure. I did not remove the LCD, so I could not check the connection which appears to be behind it.
>
> Good news, I can now get to the BIOS setup. It is BIOS version 2.12, 2003-12-15. It shows the correct date and time, so I figure the button cell is still good.

Not a good assumption. Strange symptoms from a low CMOS battery can occur
long before the clock forgets the time. Test it voltage.

Chris

>
> I disabled quick boot, and it passes the RAM test for 1024MB.
>
> Even more bizarre, it is now booting Windows?! It hangs before the login screen comes up. I power down, and now get one long and two short beeps, no display at all.
>
> Subsequent power on attempts are the same, no display, one long and two short beeps.
>
> Seems something is intermittent or lose?
>
> -Mitch
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On Behalf Of Mitchell Leben
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:37 AM
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> Subject: [Thinkpad] T41p No POST
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a hand me down T41p, type 2373-GEU, made on 04/01, if I can fix it.
>
> On power up I get "One long and two short beeps, and a blank or unreadable LCD." According to http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-46018.html that means a problem with the system board, LCD, or DIMM.
>
> Sometimes I turn it on and I see the initial power on screen, so I know the display works, at least intermittantly.
>
> Once I got as far as Windows XP reporting a problem with NTLDR, but just once.
>
> I removed the keyboard and reseated the DIMM, and also removed and replaced the hard drive.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mitch
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