First time entry into this sort of thing, so here goes.
I am the proud owner of a thinkpoad t22. PIII. She was working fine til i went on holiday/leave. Came back 3 months later to fire her up; Wouldn't do!
The green hard disk light blinks as you hit the start buttom but nothing more. I have dismantled everything i could, hard disk, batteries, RAM according to the manu manual, gave a good clean but... no change.
I know my main battery is pretty dead but on mains that shouldn't matter?! I was told sometimes the CMOS battery can lock things up, but i checked it and the voltage was 2.9, not bad.
The AC adaptors voltage is also fine, is my baby dead and bureied? :(
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Jump to PostHello,
Before you inter your Thinkpad in to the digital Walhalla, have you checked the output of your power supply? Measure the voltage coming out and compare that to what it should be. This may be your culprit?
I wish I could give you better options but, I'm …
Jump to PostIve got a thinkpad similar to yours (model R30, 128mb ram, win98 and Pentium III 1ghz). Its battery is long dead also. It works fine though.
Does it start up if you phsycially remove the old main battery from the laptop?
If that doesnt work then try replacing …
Jump to PostDid it overheat
Plug it in and hold down the power button for 20 secods then push it again
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