[ltp] Total lockup on a T40

[Brett Jones]

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I had a similar problem with a TP600 which I had purchased via 
Ebay.  Whenever I ran the diagnostics everything appeared good.  The 
machine stopped working totally after about 1 month.  When I opened it up 
to replace the system board I found a screw (not thinkpad size) floating 
around on the motherboard - probably made its way in via the pcmcia 
bay.  I'm now over my fear of opening up a laptop and you can bet that the 
next one I buy from Ebay will be opened and examined!

Your problem is most probably not the same ... I'd make sure I had the 
latest drivers installed.  Then check to see if there's anything in common 
with the lockups (card in the pcmcia slot, peripherals connected, etc, 
programs running).  Try removing peripherals one at a time and see if the 
problem stops.  Run the diagnostics repeatedly - overnight or for 24 hours 
would be good.  Flakey memory can be a problem.  When all else fails, have 
it serviced (T40 ... still under warranty?).

My original Ebay TP (600E) on the other hand has been working well since 
the day I got it (knock on wood), with the exception of the mysteriously 
draining battery problem (85% charge ... 80% charge ... 60% charge ... 5% 
charge).

Brett

At 11:40 AM Monday 10/20/2003 you said:
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>On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, pete hilton wrote:
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> >         I have a T40 modul 58U ... 1.3GHz processor, 1440x1050 display
> > I have a 40G drive and 768M of memory.
> >
> > At random times the whole machine just locks up solid ... no response
> > from any key combination .. big red switch time.
>
>I've had a very similar problem with a 770Z that I bought used on eBay.
>
>It locks up about once a week. Sometimes it does this a second time within a
>few minutes of the first lockup.
>
>I had thought this was a hardware problem, maybe in the motherboard.
>
>If this happens on different TP models, then it is very strange.
>
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