[ltp] T41 hangs in BIOS indefinitely

[Leon Brokken]

----- Original Message -----
From=3A Bert Haskins =3Cbhaskins=40chartermi=2Enet=3E
Date=3A Thursday=2C July 13=2C 2006 2=3A43 pm
Subject=3A Re=3A =5Bltp=5D T41 hangs in BIOS indefinitely

=3E I had a problem like that on a A31=2E
=3E The problem was a almost new Seagate hard drive=2E
=3E Try removing the hard drive and then booting to the F1 screen=2E
=3E It may take up to a minute or so because it takes the bios
=3E quite a long time to figure out that the hard drive is missing (dah)=2E=


Thanks=2C but removing hard disk doesn=27t help=2E When I press F1 I get =
=22Entering IBM BIOS setup utility=22 but then it hangs there=2E I think =
it has something to do with the power=2C because the brightness of the sc=
reen is reduced (as in battery mode)=2E I can stll increase it to normal =
level with Fn-Home=2E

Cheers=2C Leon=2E


=3E Leon Brokken wrote=3A
=3E =

=3E =3EHey list=2C
=3E =3E
=3E =3Eas the title says=2C when my T41 (23738RG) starts up=2C it doesn=27=
t =

=3E get further than the very first glimp of the IBM Thinkpad logo and =

=3E Intel propaganda in the corner=2E It doesn=27t even reach normal =

=3E brightness=2E The fan keep humming and only power and battery LEDs =

=3E are on=2E When I press F1 the text =22Entering BIOS utility=22 appear=
s =

=3E but that=27s it=2C nothing else happens=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3EWhat lead to this dreadful state=3F I was playing around with a =

=3E wireless mini PCI card (non-IBM ipw2915abg)=2E In order to escape =

=3E IBM=27s whitelist one should rewrite the EEPROM with corrected =

=3E Subsystem ID=2E I know this can be a tricky operation=2C but because =
I =

=3E had problems to patch the ipw2200 driver I never even reached the =

=3E risky point to write to the card!
=3E =3E
=3E =3EIn the normal situation=2C when the laptop boots with the card =

=3E inserted it stops the boot proces and complains about an =

=3E unrecognised card=2E So=2C the trick is to boot to the Lilo menu and =

=3E pause=2C then insert the card=2C and continue booting=2E Everything =

=3E worked fine that way! I inserted and removed the card a few times =

=3E like this=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3EBut then out of the blue I get the BIOS hang=2E=2E=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3EI am desperate!!! Please tell me there=27s a trick to fix this=3F!=

=3E =3E
=3E =3ECheers=2C Leon=2E
=3E =3E
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