[SOLVED][ltp] Hard lock on T42p

[John]

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On (30/05/09 14:15), Mat Marcus wrote:
|  I had a similar problem ... only could get the fan, black screen
| and Z light, but no POST ... I finally disassembled the machine far
| enough to also remove the CMOS backup battery...  Hope this helps,
| Mat
| On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:44 AM, John <JohnRChamplin@columbus.rr.com> wro=
te:
| > IBM T42p, running Debian, not quite up-to-date sid, dual booted with
| > XP Pro. I tried suspend (Fn-F4)... would not wake up again. ...
| > Since then, the laptop is almost totally locked up ...

Thanks, Mat. removing the CMOS battery did the trick. Along with
correcting Setup to boot from the right disk.

If anyone else is trying this for the first time, IBM/Lenovo's movies
showing you how to remove etc. hardware are at
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=3DMIGR-50233
The T42p is a bit different in small ways, but you can figure it out.

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