Yes, I ordered a new one on ebay and it still beeps at startup "checksum CMOS" - its very difficult to get the small plug of the CMOS into its socket underneath - I cant really tell if its actually...

I have re-installed the OS and every time I pick the laptop up, it freezes, it will work fine if untouched on a desk, the minute you move it - Bang its frozen - I have taken bits out, it now has no...

Has anyone ever attempted this or even been successful at ?

I have an old IBM Thinkpad which has a failed MB and was wondering if its worth replacing, I know its probably easier to buy a new...

A PC expert says that this is a potential Motherboard problem, but doesnt seem 100% - I think he doesnt know !!

I ran memtest86 for 12 hours and no errors were picked up, its still running now at home, so I will see whats what when I get in, but 0 errors after 12 hours ! So it cant be bad RAM - although it...

Ive had 2 more BSODs:

***STOP: 0x0000007f (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)

or this one:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

0x0000000A (0x00CACE44, 0x000000FF, 0x0000000, 0x805663EB)

ALERT !! NOT SOLVED.

It started happening again !

Still running on one solitary DIMM 256mb, it seems to be lasting longer but eventually resets, and goes back to the boot screen. This tends to...

How do I know what kind of RAM chips to buy to replace my current beat up 256mb chip

The Great Lord Serunson - much obliged for your input on this, you didnt have to take the time to respond, it just shows you that there is good folk in this world after all.

Okay, I have now removed 1 x 256MB stick and left 1 x 256MB stick in, its been working fine, and hasnt BS'd or frozen on me for at least 30 mins, it hasnt lasted this long in ages - looks like its a...

Okay I've managed to get a snapshot of the BSOD

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xBD81442A, 0x00000000, 0xBD81442A, 0X00000002)

The BSOD doesnt stay on long enough to note down the error codes.

CPU - Pentium III
CPU Speed - 900MHZ
RAM - 512MB
HDD - 20gb
Controller Type - IDE
OS - XP

I reckon this is a 2001 model

I have a T22 laptop, and it has the following issues:

It first started losing its time and date settings, then these happen regular:

1 - Blue Screen of Death every now and again
2 - Wont come...

This may be beacuse your card is incompatible to the motherboard chipsets, they are more than likely to be NEC chipsets on the motherboard which is why the NEC card works.

Hi, Iv'e installed a PCMCIA Combo cardbus USB2 card into my IBM T22 thinkpad notebook and when I connect my broadband USB cable it locks the computer totally. When I boot the PC with the cable in, it...