[ltp] A21p won't boot

Vivek linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:00:48 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Justin C wrote:

> I shut down my ThinkPad at 1.30 this morning and it seemed to shut down fine
> (not that I really watch what is going on). I turned it on this morning and
> it only got as far as the IBM splash screen, the one that says 'Press F1 for
> IBM Bios Setup Utility' (if you have it enabled). It won't POST, it won't do
> anything else.

Go into the bios and see what bootable devices are selected. Also, I have
experienced the weird situation where the thinkpad wouldn't boot at all
unless I removed the battery, but since you've got a bios prompt, I don't
think that's what you're experiencing. You might also try a boot disk.





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