Try reseating all the cards and cables, including those that do not seem relevant (eg, keyboard cable). This sounds like a mechanical/contact problem.
I have to do the same thing on my wife's T23 at some point soon. David -------------------------------------------------- From: "Timothy Murphy" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:21 AM To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] Sick T23 > It has become very difficult to boot my ancient T23. > I have to squeeze the laptop where the hard disk is situated, > or perhaps at the right-hand end of this, over the CMOS battery. > > I thought the problem might be the CMOS battery, > and replaced it, but that did not seem to affect things; > however, the replacement battery was even older, > so this may not prove anything. > > This is only Thinkpad no 5, so it will be no great loss > if it is dispatched to the Great Recycler. > > But if anyone has had a similar experience, > I'd very much like to hear if there is a simple cure. > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
