[ltp] Please tell me my system board isn't hosed (EEPROM error)

[Meike Reichle]

André Wyrwa said/sagte:
> Hei,
> 
> 
>>I've seen the warning on the linux-thinkpad website about lm-sensors, but I 
>>never touched that.  All I've done with the machine since I got it a week or 
>>two ago is install win ME, slackware-current, bought and installed a new 
>>battery, and I was working on getting linux working with my Linksys WPC54GS 
>>cardbus wireless network card.  It was working fine, powered it down this 
>>morning, powered it up a couple hours later and I get the error.  What the 
>>hell happened?!?!?!? 
> 
> 
> Don't know anything specific but i remember that around this time (i
> think it was with T2x series models) the EEPROM could lose it's mind, if
> you switched off the notebook at the wrong moment during the BIOS boot
> sequence.
> 
> Maybe that's what happened?
> 
> André.
> 

I did that to an X20 I once owned. Disconnected the power cord while it 
was booting (or shutting down, don't remember). I was "repairing" the 
Power switch, so it was taken on and off power quite a lot. But one time 
I caught the wrong moment. Result: eeprom broken.
I called up the ibm hotline and they gave me a url with a few things to 
try. I didn't try them all, sold it instead ;) (mentioning the error of 
course)
But, what I want to say: I am rather sure it really is the eeprom, but 
that doesn't necessarily mean it's a goner. There's still some stuff you 
can try like flashing the BIOS etc.

HTH
Meike