[ltp] Alien Forces? Electro-Magnetic fields? My Thinkpad T42 is possessed.

[Bill Andrus]

I've seen exactly the same problem when bringing a "frozen" Thinkpad into
the house after a week in the trunk in Winter.   Once I saw it wasn't going
anywhere, I pulled out all the removeables, and took off the base covers,
and put the unit in front of a fan gently blowing warm, dry air across it.
I'd even suggest going so far as to remove the keyboard and palm rest (as
long as your model lists them as Customer Replaceable Units).


Bill Andrus
Professional Network Architect, Amateur Fool

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -
Arthur C. Clarke


linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 07/14/2005 09:45:48 AM:

> Hi,
>
>    Yes, believe it or not. This is my problem: T42
> I took my baby lappy to the beach this weekend and this is what happens.
> The PC would hard lock once in Linux, would BSOD in Windows and then not
> start again. At all.
> I have unplugged the PC, used another battery, unplugged everything and
> pressed the power button. bla bla... Wont' work.
>
> She won't start. The HD spins, Fans work, Disk Tray can be opened, but I
get
> no video nor Hard Drive activity.
>
> The odd thing, is that this happen to me once before, I took the PC to
the
> same place, same desk and gave me the same exact problem. 1 Week later,
it
> simply booted and gave no more problems, until now that I was in the same
> place. I really want to know why this is happening.
>
> PC was not exposed to sand, or was even close to the beach.
> Temp was about 30C but I anyway turned it inside, so, no direct contact
to
> the Sun.
> Humidity is HIGH, but I don't see how that affects.
> Power was OK, I even tried with different battery, so it was not really a
> power issue.
> I did notice the Battery symbol blinked like 3 times, which is something
I
> have only seen once before, which was the last time this happened.
>
> I really don't know what could be the problem. I'm praying for things to
> work in about a week or some days.
>
> Any idea?
>
>  .Alejandro
>
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