[Thinkpad] The strangest problem I have ever seen with a ThinkPad

   Of course, this is my ThinkPad. Perhaps its fitting. Anyway,
earlier (a month+) I updated the BIOS on my W500 and bricked
it. Getting it back a few days later, it died again. What happened
both time was this: upon booting up the LEDs would briefly flicker
as normal, and then..... Nothing. No Bios screen, no disk activity.

Getting my W500 back the second time, I thought the problem
was fixed. Last weekend it froze on me, and shutting the system
down resulted in..... Nothing.

But this time, after calling EXSERV for a box, I booted up again,
and went through the Nothing period, it booted after a 10 minute
wait! I'd sort of forgotten that I had it on, so when I looked at it
I was amazed to be at the password prompt.

I've now booted up several times. The system has been flawless
once up. Rebooting the machine results in another waiting
period.

The *weird* part is that it takes almost exactly 10 minutes. I'm
going to time this tonight. What on earth is happening here?
It's consistently booting, after a consistent period of time.

Any ideas? Or am I reduced to waving a dead weasel over my W500
while playing Lawrence Welk music backwards?

--STeve Andre'
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Received on Tue Jun 08 2010 - 19:25:27 EDT