[ltp] A21p won't boot

[Justin C]

On Monday 24 December 2001 18:00, you wrote:
> Well, the standard trouble-shooting procedure would be to first remove the
> battery and AC power, let it sit for 5 mins, see what happens then. 

Already tried that. Did wonder about the CMOS battery but haven't invesigated 
where it is.

> Next
> I'd check and make sure the hardware is undamaged and correctly connected,
> check for loose SODIMMS, 
Not checked that, didn't want to attack it with a screwdriver in case it has 
to go back.

> hard drives, etc. 
Done that one.

> Remove anything you can from
> Ultrabay slots, PCMCIA, etc. 
Again: done, I should have said more in my post what I had tried, sorry.

> If you have another similar machine 
I wish!

>You could try cracking it
> open to see what you can find out. There could be a loose cable/connector
> or chip. Try reseating any socketted chips, etc. As a user thats about as
> far as you can go in debugging, 
Am I going to void my warranty? I'm happy to pull desktops and servers apart 
all day long but laptops aren't designed to have users upgrade parts or 
tinker. The machine is only 11 months old so if all else fails it'll have to 
go back and I don't want IBM to find an excuse to bill me for it's failure.

> but definitely try to boot off various
> devices, and get into the bios setup screen if you can, 
I wish I could, at least it would have passed the POST and I'd know that the 
problem was more likely peripheral, it's starting to sound more like a 
motherboard problem all the time.

Thanks for the reply.

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