[ltp] Thinkpad 770 will not boot

[Harry Mangalam]

One final thought before I bury my 770x. Could this have been the result of 
Mandrake 9.2 being set up to automatically invoke the possibly deadly 
lmsensors/i2c combo?

Since I just recently installed 9.2 on this (and it did work a few times), I'm 
not sure this is true - just a possibility.  Anyone else out there running 
Mandrake 9.2 on a tp770 series?

hjm


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?
> 
> 

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Cheers, Harry
Harry J Mangalam - 949 856 2847 (v&f) - hjm@tacgi.com
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