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    My Thinkpad R61i Wont start up

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tohi02g89, Feb 6, 2010.

  1. tohi02g89

    tohi02g89 Newbie

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    I press the power Butten and the lights blink once then the Plugged in light Battery light and this light that looks like a circle with a z in it stays one and nothing happens Just refuses to start what can i do Thnks
     
    tohi02g89, Feb 6, 2010
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    try to take out the ram under the palmrest and restart the laptop without the ram, does it beep?
     
    lead_org, Feb 6, 2010
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    The memory is the most likely candidate if it's not the board, but I would also pull the hard drive, wifi card and battery. Hit the power button 10 times and one long 30 second time. If it beeps try putting them back in one at a time. That should give you an indication of the bad part. If it doesn't beep, the board is most likely dead.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 6, 2010
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    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    You might also try disconnecting power, removing battery, waiting 5 minutes, then reconnecting everything and trying again.
     
    lenardg, Feb 6, 2010
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    tohi02g89 Newbie

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    nun of this stuff has made it beeb or work that must mean its the mutherboard Right thanks anyway
     
    tohi02g89, Feb 7, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    unfortunately your motherboard has most likely died.
     
    lead_org, Feb 7, 2010
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    cuozc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just like what happened to me 10 days ago. :(

    Sorry about that man.
     
    cuozc, Feb 7, 2010
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    pawn3d Notebook Geek

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    Is it not possible that the CPU is bad?
     
    pawn3d, Feb 28, 2010
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    hkseo100 Notebook Evangelist

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    this happened to my T30. No beeps or anything.
    Disassemble the notebook, tkae out the mobo, take out the cpu, etc.
    get a hair dryer, and heat that thing. (I mean what do u got to lose?)... like everywhere really hot. (for GPU, heat the other side not directly to the silicon chip)

    i took this trick based on the towel trick of 360, and the heatgun trick of Apple iBooks.

    My T30 works fine again.
     
    hkseo100, Feb 28, 2010
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  10. pawn3d

    pawn3d Notebook Geek

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    hmm... humor me for a second.
    can you connect it to an external monitor and verify if is there anything on the screen.
     
    pawn3d, Feb 28, 2010
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