[ltp] Thinkpad 770 will not boot

[Harry Mangalam]

Thanks for the quick reply and good suggestions, but swapping and/or completely 
removing the extra RAM did nothing (tho I guess it could be the soldered RAM) 
and removing/replacing the HD had no effect either.  Still stumped..

harry

Jim Harvey wrote:
> 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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Cheers, Harry
Harry J Mangalam - 949 856 2847 (v&f) - hjm@tacgi.com
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