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    [T440s] Stuck at boot logo

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bakteria, Feb 13, 2014.

  1. bakteria

    bakteria Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was tinkering with by debian installation which was not booting and did a grub reset with boot-recovery and when I tried to boot it gave me a couple of beeps and said it could not find my hdd's (both ssd and m2). After rebooting hoping that would solve it I am now stuck at the thinkpad bootscreen. I can't get in to the bios or the boot menu. I've tried looking for a way to reset CMOS but can't find any info on it.
    I am clueless here..
     
    bakteria, Feb 13, 2014
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  2. ibmthink

    ibmthink Notebookcheck Deity

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    Looks like you may have bricked you Motherboard by doing this. See: Re: HOWTO - Brick a W540 in easy steps - Page 8 - Lenovo Community That would mean you Mainboard has to be replaced by the service.

    AFAIK Lenovo is already working on an update for the T540p/W540 models, and after that for the other new ThinkPads like the T440s.
     
    ibmthink, Feb 13, 2014
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  3. bakteria

    bakteria Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats it, I'm returning it and buying a mac. Have had too many gripes with this machine and I don't want to deal with it anymore.

    I need to remove my ssd from the machine before returning it. Is that safe to do without shutting off the battery in the bios? (which I am unable to do) The internal is completely discharged at the moment.
     
    bakteria, Feb 13, 2014
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  4. pjc123

    pjc123 Notebook Consultant

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    Lenovo, that's pathetic.


    And another one bites the dust.
     
    pjc123, Feb 13, 2014
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  5. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Yes.

    Good luck.
     
    ajkula66, Feb 13, 2014
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