[ltp] R40 Hangs during post cd detection and blinking caps lock
Dragos Vingarzan
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:57:06 +0100
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Exactly the same with my R32.
First they replaced the combo and it worked for 2 months, then problems
again.
Then they replaced it again but failed to work at all - actually
upgraded my combo with the latest one, so I was a little satisfied.
Then they replaced the motherboard and that fixed completely the
freezing when detecting problem (and some times disapearing from system)
Unfortunately they broke the hdd connector this time, so they changed my
motherboard again.
Then it worked for only 1 day, replaced the mb again... uffff
Now it works fine.... pfiuuuuu
morpheus wrote:
>I have the same problem on my R32...the "solution" is to remove the
>optical drive...Now I have two nice DVD drives that I can't use!
>-m
>
>On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:40 +0100, Robert Svoboda wrote:
>
>
>>* Kurt Humes <khumes86@yahoo.com> [2005-01-13 08:20]:
>>
>>
>>>I have a Thinkpad R40 Running Slackware 9.1. It has a
>>>removable cdrw/dvd drive. Last spring the system would hang
>>>during post while detecting the cd drive. The laptop worked
>>>fine without it for a while but then I started getting bios
>>>error messages like system timer error. I sent it back to
>>>IBM and they replaced the system board which fixed the
>>>problem. But now it is happening again. It no longer boots
>>>with the cd drive, I have not gotten the bios error messages
>>>yet but every once in a while the system will freeze and the
>>>caps lock led will start blinking. Wondering if anyone has
>>>had similar problems or maybee something is not configured
>>>properly and is causing these problems.
>>>
>>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have the same machine and have exactly the same problem.
>>First, everything worked well, then after ~one month, booting
>>was sometimes painfully slow at cdrom detection followed by
>>very slow grub start. Then I saw some 3-4 lines of strange
>>messages while detecting hdc (cdrom). This was getting worse
>>so most of the time wasn't able to boot the machine with cdrom
>>plugged in.
>>
>>I went to IBM service they replaced cdrom drive and everything
>>worked well again. Unfortunately this kind of behavior (very
>>slow grub start + strange lines while detecting hdc) started
>>appearing again very soon after replacement. But so far I
>>didn't experienced total machine hang so this is bearable.
>>
>>It has been working for three weeks without problems. So I'm
>>praying that it magically disappeared.
>>
>>This is probably of no help for you, but I think it's almost
>>always better to not being alone in such situations :-)
>>
>>Forgot to mention that I was searching the web while first
>>problems appeared and found some threads about similar
>>experiences. Unfortunately I don't have URLs.
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Exactly the same with my R32.<br>
First they replaced the combo and it worked for 2 months, then problems
again.<br>
Then they replaced it again but failed to work at all - actually
upgraded my combo with the latest one, so I was a little satisfied.<br>
Then they replaced the motherboard and that fixed completely the
freezing when detecting problem (and some times disapearing from system)<br>
Unfortunately they broke the hdd connector this time, so they changed
my motherboard again.<br>
Then it worked for only 1 day, replaced the mb again... uffff<br>
Now it works fine.... pfiuuuuu<br>
<br>
morpheus wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid1105626654.4041.0.camel@enormousroom.localdomain"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I have the same problem on my R32...the "solution" is to remove the
optical drive...Now I have two nice DVD drives that I can't use!
-m
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:40 +0100, Robert Svoboda wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">* Kurt Humes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:khumes86@yahoo.com"><khumes86@yahoo.com></a> [2005-01-13 08:20]:
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<pre wrap="">I have a Thinkpad R40 Running Slackware 9.1. It has a
removable cdrw/dvd drive. Last spring the system would hang
during post while detecting the cd drive. The laptop worked
fine without it for a while but then I started getting bios
error messages like system timer error. I sent it back to
IBM and they replaced the system board which fixed the
problem. But now it is happening again. It no longer boots
with the cd drive, I have not gotten the bios error messages
yet but every once in a while the system will freeze and the
caps lock led will start blinking. Wondering if anyone has
had similar problems or maybee something is not configured
properly and is causing these problems.
</pre>
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<pre wrap="">Hi,
I have the same machine and have exactly the same problem.
First, everything worked well, then after ~one month, booting
was sometimes painfully slow at cdrom detection followed by
very slow grub start. Then I saw some 3-4 lines of strange
messages while detecting hdc (cdrom). This was getting worse
so most of the time wasn't able to boot the machine with cdrom
plugged in.
I went to IBM service they replaced cdrom drive and everything
worked well again. Unfortunately this kind of behavior (very
slow grub start + strange lines while detecting hdc) started
appearing again very soon after replacement. But so far I
didn't experienced total machine hang so this is bearable.
It has been working for three weeks without problems. So I'm
praying that it magically disappeared.
This is probably of no help for you, but I think it's almost
always better to not being alone in such situations :-)
Forgot to mention that I was searching the web while first
problems appeared and found some threads about similar
experiences. Unfortunately I don't have URLs.
Robert
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Mobile +49 (0)162 - 153 - 0 - 154
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