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    X61s won't boot from the Thinkpad screen

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Funkymoe, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. Funkymoe

    Funkymoe Notebook Geek

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    A couple days ago my x61s fell about 3 feet from my desktop to the floor. Now when I start it up it just stops at the Thinkpad screen and fails to boot windows from there. It doesn't freeze, because I can still press the Thinkvantage button, then esc, and it'll continue on to load windows.

    So yeah it's not a huge deal, but it's pretty annoying and I'd like to know what's going on. Is the head of my hard drive damaged or something? I haven't noticed any other problems...
     
    Funkymoe, Aug 26, 2009
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  2. Funkymoe

    Funkymoe Notebook Geek

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    no one? Cool, I'm special I guess.
     
    Funkymoe, Aug 27, 2009
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Oh, you're special alright.
     
    ZaZ, Aug 27, 2009
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  4. goofball

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    HDD is the first place i'd look. Run some diagnostics on it.
     
    goofball, Aug 27, 2009
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  5. Funkymoe

    Funkymoe Notebook Geek

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    I got excited that there was a potentially helpful reply in my topic, but then I noticed it was by ZaZ and all hope dissipated.
     
    Funkymoe, Aug 27, 2009
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  6. thinkpad knows best

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    You might want to reseat everything that you can, anything could have loosened from a fall.
     
    thinkpad knows best, Aug 27, 2009
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  7. zephir

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    If it doesn't get past BIOS screen then it's can either be RAM, CPU, or HDD not seated properly, or the HDD is toast.
     
    zephir, Aug 28, 2009
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