Hi Everyone

I joined this forum to find a solution to my problem. I have my IBM Thinkpad T22. I had no issue with it for almost 2 years since I bought it from Ebay. Suddenly it stop powering on. The problem started with couple of weeks back when it would power on after sometime but today it went totally dead. I would appreciate if someone can help me on this issue or point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Rajiv

Does it power on when on wall power?
If so your battery may have expired - they have a life of 1-5 years

Yes. This laptop doesnot need the battery to power on. A couple of days back, the laptop powered on and booted. So I have not turned it off till now. But, the problem starts once I turn it off and try powering it on. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Rajiv

3 options, battery, charger or mobo

wats a mobo?

Sorry, motherboard

Can you tell me something about the switch. Can the switch cause the problem. Also, is the switch attached to the motherboard. When is open, the keyboard, I saw is have something on its underside.

looked it up and the t21 is apparently similar to my r30 so ill have a look

Rajiv,

I have the exact same machine w/ the same problem. I'm the original owner (machine is about 5 years old). Right now it's totally dead, but until this week, I had several tricks to getting it started that worked for a while (enough time to back-up my data).

1) remove the power cord
2) Allow machine to cool down overnight before a restart attempt--the power problem seems to be linked to the machine overheating
3) Remove the battery
4) Press and hold down the power button for 25 seconds
5) Re-insert the battery and re-start

This has worked many times for me, but it looks like my machine may finally be fried. I suspect it's a cooling fan problem, but have been weighing whether it's worth replacing or just buying a new machine.

BTW, if you are able to get it restarted, also recommend you flash the bios, which you can find instructions on how to perform on the IBM (Lenovo) Thinkpad T22 website.

Good luck,

Dan

I've also got the same problem, my machine was bought about 4 years ago, an ex corp on ebay.

I'm thinking it might be a dust problem & am going to open it up & give it a good clean out.

I've done very much the same as Dangold & must back up, although I know I should have, have never done so before, apart from my most important things.