[ltp] T41 hangs in BIOS indefinitely

[Leon Brokken]

Hey list=2C

as the title says=2C when my T41 (23738RG) starts up=2C it doesn=27t get =
further than the very first glimp of the IBM Thinkpad logo and Intel prop=
aganda in the corner=2E It doesn=27t even reach normal brightness=2E The =
fan keep humming and only power and battery LEDs are on=2E When I press F=
1 the text =22Entering BIOS utility=22 appears but that=27s it=2C nothing=
 else happens=2E

What lead to this dreadful state=3F I was playing around with a wireless =
mini PCI card (non-IBM ipw2915abg)=2E In order to escape IBM=27s whitelis=
t one should rewrite the EEPROM with corrected Subsystem ID=2E I know thi=
s can be a tricky operation=2C but because I had problems to patch the ip=
w2200 driver I never even reached the risky point to write to the card!

In the normal situation=2C when the laptop boots with the card inserted i=
t stops the boot proces and complains about an unrecognised card=2E So=2C=
 the trick is to boot to the Lilo menu and pause=2C then insert the card=2C=
 and continue booting=2E Everything worked fine that way! I inserted and =
removed the card a few times like this=2E

But then out of the blue I get the BIOS hang=2E=2E=2E

I am desperate!!! Please tell me there=27s a trick to fix this=3F!

Cheers=2C Leon=2E



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Leon J=2ES=2E Brokken
Dept=2E of Laboratory Medicine=2C Tumor Biology=2C Lund University
UMAS=2C Wallenberg Laboratory=2C Entrance 46=2C 20502 Malm=F6=2C Sweden
Tel=2E +46(0)40336851=2C Fax +46(0)40337043
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