[ltp] Thinkpad 770 will not boot

[Jim Harvey]

Harry Mangalam wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> My tp 770x was working fine a few days ago when I installed Mandrake 9.2 
> on it, however, just after I gave it to my son for a homework machine, 
> we started having problems.  It's plugged in (and 16VDC is on the power 
> tip & the battery has a charge (AFAIK).
> 
> Just the other day, I turned it on and got .. nothing.  There are 2 
> scenarios:
> 
> After flicking the power switch, I can hear a faint noise (internal 
> fan?) but the keyboard LCD panel remains blank & the disk doesn't spin 
> up, the THINKPAD splash screen doesn't come on and obviously Grub is 
> nowhere to be seen.
> 
> Every once in a while, there will be a click from the speakers and the 
> speaker icon on the keyboard LCD will flash, but nothing else will happen.
> 
> In both cases, holding the power switch on for 3 sec will turn it off. 
> Removing the battery after removing the power cable and then replacing 
> the battery changes nothing.
> 
> Anyone else seen this effect and especially, has anyone fixed it?


My 770 did something similar, it was a defective memory stick.  Try removing any 
expansion memory.  Try removing the hard drive and see what effect that has.
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  Jim Harvey - WB8NBS/9 - Naperville, Illinois - Linux on a Thinkpad 770Z