T30 Black Screen No Beep
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T30 Black Screen No Beep
OK..I HAVE A THINKPAD T30 AND HERE'S MY PROBLEM... I AM LISTING WHAT HAPPEND TO IT IN ORDER...PLEASE HELP IT'S MY ONLY COMPUTER AND I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW LAPTOP!!!
1. TURNED ON MY T30 ONE DAY AND BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH.
2. TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT BOOTED FINE AND NO MORE PROBLEMS.
3. IT STARTED FREEZING ABOUT EVERY 15-20 MINUTES AND I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART AND THAT WOULD TAKE WHAT SEEMED MUCH LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE.
4. BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH AGAIN, SAME AS BEFORE STARTED IT UP AND THERE IT WAS.
5. RESTARTED AND BLUE SCREEN WAS GONE.
6. HAD COMPUTER UP AND RUNNING WAS SURFING ONLINE AND WENT TO BATHROOM AND WHEN I CAME BACK THE SCREEN WAS BLACK AND NOTHING WORKED. POWER LIGHT LED IS ON, GREEN BATTERY LIGHT IS ON, FAN RUNS, DVD ROM SPINS AND I CAN HEAR CLICKING.
I DON'T GET ANY BEEPS, THE HALF MOON LIGHT DOESNT COME ON AND WHEN I PRESS CAP LOCKS OR NUM LOCKS THOSE DONT LIGHT UP AS WELL.
HERE'S A LIST OF WHAT I HAVE DONE AFTER READING A MILLION THREADS AND POSTS BUT I'M HOPING THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN DO. I KNOW THIS MODEL HAS A MOBO PROBLEM IM JUST HOPING I DONT NEED TO DO THAT..THATS MORE $$$$ THAN I NEED TO SPEND.
1. DID RAM TEST
2. CHECKED MEMORY SLOT CONNETORS
3. POWER CYCLE A MILLION TIMES PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON FROM
5-100 TIMES.
4. REMOVED BATTERY AND TRIED TO RUN ON A/C POWER ONLY
SO WHAT NOW???? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELLLLPPPPP
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It sounds like a mobo problem, the crashing - is it getting enough cooling/ventalation cos if it overheats, it can become unstable. Whatever it was, it sounds like it's too late now to do anything.....
try emailing IBM or Lenovo (Whichever makes it) - you never know what they might say