In news:47F80102.2050802@elmarweber.org,
Elmar Weber typed on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:45:22 +0200:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with an IBM Tinkpad T42 (2373) with a Radeon graphic
> card. There are two different cases when powering on the laptop:
> Either everything stays black, the system is not booting. Or for the
> first three seconds everything works like it should, then where
> normally the screen switches from the IBM start logo to the other one
> everything goes black again and the system does not boot either.
> In both cases the fan is running and the LEDs show normal activity
> (except HDD). When I use the external video port the same happens.
>
> I cannot reproduce any behaviour for sure, though the first case is by
> far more common (about every 1/20 tries I get the second case).
> I opened the case in order to check if there are any loose parts, I
> checked the video connectors and tried to boot when the display is not
> connected. The same results.
>
> The laptop is from a colleague who dropped the notebook bag it was in.
> This seems to be origin of the problem. At first everything worked
> fine but after a few days the notebook shutdown randomly until the
> behaviour described above occurred.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what may be the problem or a tip how to
> debug this? My only idea would be to test part by part from a
> compatible laptop. But before embarking on that endeavour I was
> wondering if there is may be more targeted approach.
>
> ciao,
> Elmar

Wow the HD lites doesn't show anything? Being dropped? Oh bad hard drive
or bad motherboard is my guesses. But I am thinking of the latter
actually. This isn't good Elmar.

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Bill