[ltp] Thinkpad 770 will not boot

[Richard Neill]

Unlikely. Mandrake doesn't install lmsensors by default - and even if 
you had selected it manually, you'd still need to run sensors-detect.
Also, I believe that newer versions of lmsensors check for thinkpads and 
exit before they can do any damage (although I don't know anyone with a 
thinkpad who's been willing to test that!)

Richard



Harry Mangalam wrote:
> 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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