[ltp] Saying hello and confirming what i've found

[Richard Neill]

Jason wrote:
> BINGO! after attempting to install and reinstall the 1ghz cpu about3 more
> times, i decided to double check my bios. it was definitely up to date, but
> just to be sure i ran the update again and on the 2nd bios reinstall i got
> the laptop to boot up! just to make sure it wasnt a flake, i shut down the
> laptop and rebooted it. beatifully, xp acknoledges that its running at
> 996mhz! no T22 fan upgrade yet and it doesnt seem to be running that much
> hotter at all. next up on the list is a 2nd stick of 256ram and a dvd-rw
> drive im getting for $10shipped from an old pal!
> 

Great news - I hope you enjoy it. Please do add this to the thinkwiki...

Richard


> jason
> 
> On 7/28/06, Jason <junknstuff@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> putting in the old 700mhz cpu, the laptop works just fine.
>>
>> its late and i need to get up early in the morning (430am..gah) but i 
>> will
>> definitely try to power it on without cpu tomorrow and report back as to
>> what happens.
>>
>> btw. i did some more searching and came upon someone thread on a 
>> different
>> forum stating that some t20 mobos were able to upgrade to 1ghz, and 
>> others
>> were not so fortunate. does anyone have any info as to which mobo is 
>> which?
>> thanks all! goodnight for now!
>>
>>
>> On 7/28/06, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Jason wrote:
>> > > no sir, no beeps or flahes. the fan does come on and the cd rom boots
>> > > itself
>> > > up, but besides that no other reaction. also, the little light with a
>> > "z"
>> > > inside of an "o" comes on and thats it. any thoughts?
>> >
>> > Sounds bad! It's unusual for a BIOS not even to POST (power-on self
>> > test), and to make a beep code.
>> >
>> > 1)If you re-insert your old CPU, does it work ok?
>> >
>> > 2)What happens if you power-on with *no* CPU?
>> > (That should force a beep code).
>> >
>> > (The OZ light is a "spark", for power, btw)
>> >
>> > Richard
>> >
>> > >
>> > > On 7/28/06, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Jason wrote:
>> > >> > Hello!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I am very new to IBM's.
>> > >>
>> > >> Welcome - and good luck!
>> > >>
>> > >> I have a T20 sportin a P3 700mhz cpu. I recently
>> > >> > picked up a 256mb ram stick but wasnt able to score 2, so i just
>> > >> plugged
>> > >> in
>> > >> > the remainder 128mb with it as well. I also replaced the hd 
>> with  a
>> >
>> > >> 60gb
>> > >> > hitachi one i had layin around. So far so good. I also updated the
>> > bios
>> > >> and
>> > >> > everything.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I purchased a 1ghz cpu from www.acs.com and it matches IBM's 
>> FRU #,
>> > but
>> > >> > when
>> > >> > I put it in, it doesn't boot up.
>> > >>
>> > >> As in, it doesn't even power on? Does the machine do anything at all
>> > >> when you hit the power button?  A series of beeps? Flashing lights?
>> > >>
>> > >> Richard
>> > >> --
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>> > >
>> >
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>> > Richard Neill, Trinity College, Cambridge, CB21TQ, U.K.
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>>
> 

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