[ltp] Dead R51

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Sunday 07 May 2006 07:01, Andrew Barr wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 11:40 +0000, Hunter Fuller wrote:
> > I learnt this trick from IBM. Yank your battery and AC adaptor, and
> > hold down the power button for two minutes. Let go, and plug in the
> > battery and AC adapter. Now try.
>
> I cannot express how grateful I am for that tip! I did as you said and
> now it has fired up four times without incident. It seems almost too
> good to be true but there it is...thank you, again, very much.

How does this work?   i.e. What does it do?
Does this tip work for all ThinkPads?

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CS