Re: [H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread John R Steinbruner
Power adapter may be bad, or the charging/power circuit inside the laptop is toast.. If it won't run plugged into the wall, that's not good news. On Jul 20, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Jason Carson wrote: At 03:11 PM 20/07/2008, Jason Carson wrote: Hello, I have a laptop here that when you turn i

Re: [H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread Eli Allen
When plugged into the wall is the green plug LED lit? (sounds like its not getting power from the AC adaptor so its trying to use the battery to turn on only its drained too much to fully power the laptop) Eli -Original Message- > At 03:11 PM 20/07/2008, Jason Carson wrote: >>Hello, >> >

Re: [H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread Jason Carson
> At 03:11 PM 20/07/2008, Jason Carson wrote: >>Hello, >> >>I have a laptop here that when you turn it on, it stays on for about a >>second, flashes "IBM Thinkpad" then turns off. Anyone know what could be >>wrong with it? > > I'd pull the battery and see if it boots with wall power only. Could >

Re: [H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 03:11 PM 20/07/2008, Jason Carson wrote: Hello, I have a laptop here that when you turn it on, it stays on for about a second, flashes "IBM Thinkpad" then turns off. Anyone know what could be wrong with it? I'd pull the battery and see if it boots with wall power only. Could be a fan fail

Re: [H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread Ben Ruset
Overheating? Jason Carson wrote: Hello, I have a laptop here that when you turn it on, it stays on for about a second, flashes "IBM Thinkpad" then turns off. Anyone know what could be wrong with it? Thanks Jason

[H] Laptop problem

2008-07-20 Thread Jason Carson
Hello, I have a laptop here that when you turn it on, it stays on for about a second, flashes "IBM Thinkpad" then turns off. Anyone know what could be wrong with it? Thanks Jason

[H] XP Pro SP2, power settings systray icon

2008-07-20 Thread Joe User
Hello, I have and have had XP Pro SP2 boxes with a weird bug related to the power settings icon in the systray. Normally, one can pick the power setting scheme by a single left click of the icon in the systray. The issue is, while this works a few times after a fresh boot eventually it no longer f