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    Thinkpad T61 abruptly goes dead again and again

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by superman82, May 23, 2009.

  1. superman82

    superman82 Newbie

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    Hi,

    Recently I sent my T61 laptop for repair to lenovo to fix the "Fan error" problem.

    Once it came back from very next day I am experiencing a different problem:

    Problem: The laptop goes dead abruptly. When this happens ,the power indicators don't show power-on light or battery light.

    WHen I contacted Tech support they said that this happens because of static electricity built-up and told me to remove the battery; hold power-on button for 30 secs..then press the power-on button for 15 times..and then put the battery back and connect the power-cord. It worked.

    But now this is happening atleast 3-times everyday...Whenever I am in the middle of doing something...it just goes dead...and all my data is lost.

    This never happened in the 2 years..and has started only after the laptop was sent to repair.

    If someone has experienced the same thing then please let me know a permanent solution.

    Thanks,
    S Ballani
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    Thinkpad T61, Intecl Core2 Duo, 7300MHZ
    Bought from Lenovo website in Aug 2007
    Sent to repair for first time in 1st week of May 2009 for fixing "Fan error"

    New problem:Laptop goes dead abruptly (...static charge built up)
    Frequency of this problem: atleast 3 times a day
     
    superman82, May 23, 2009
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  2. kevroc

    kevroc Notebook Evangelist

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    The only reason my T61p would turn off like that was when it got too hot and the system would shut itself down without warning. I would always feel the underneath of the laptop and sure enough, it was extremely hot. Then I got TPFanControl to monitor the temps and boost the fan speed and it works quite well. Your may still be defective though requiring more service.
     
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  3. superman82

    superman82 Newbie

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    Thanks for ur suggestion.

    I checked beneath the laptop...it was not hot...

    I called up the tech support guys and they said that mostly the system board is faulty and will replace that.

    What is baffling my mind is that ...it went dead 3-4 times in morning and since last 4 hrs it is working fine....cudn't understand as what stimulates this action...

    On googling found that others have also experienced the same thing

    http://www.masnick.com/2007/09/07/t...tton-code-to-bring-dead-laptops-back-to-life/

    ...few of them had same experience even with a new laptop...so am not sure that changing the system board will solve the problem
     
    superman82, May 23, 2009
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