5 short beeps means motherboard issue. But it is strange since you're saying
sometimes it is booting.
Try what nadebula.1984 said. Clean RAM first. Then try with one stick only.
(then switch with the other stick) See if it improves anything.
You might want to try to disconnect the CMOS battery
Try to clean or replace the SO-DIMM module(s). T420/s accepts almost every
DDR3/L SO-DIMM.
Hello guys, recently I bought a thinkpad t420s from ebay, this is a
refurbished computer, when I turned it on, it started correctly and could
access to the windows installation that came with it. After a reboot to
install GNU/Linux the unit didn't boot up, I could hear 5 beeps coming from
Thks Geshmy,
now i'm more aware about this mechanisms,
and the usefull workaround, sorry for dumbs,
i will search and try deeper before infos.
Sure that step by step honored to star with Trisquel comunity,
to improve my privacy applicated libre awareness.
Regards, Cyborg
> I thought he was figuratively speaking... Would be cool if s/he responded to
> this post!
Jodiendo isn't using Trisquel 9. If you want to ask questions or share
suggestions about Trisquel 9 development, the next Freedom Friday
meeting is probably the place to do it. 11am EST.
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I thought he was figuratively speaking... Would be cool if s/he responded to
this post!
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/using-tinc-trisquel-9-machine
It seems Jodienda knows moar about it, they are already installing stuff on
T9 (nine)..
