At 5/26/2009 11:51 AM, RayBay wrote: >First try I would make is simple. Replace the hard drive and reinstall >Windows or Linux... That may be enough to return it to normal... then drag >and drop until you rescue all the data.
I would suggest that it would be easier to boot the machine from a bootable OS CD, such as Knoppix (Linux) or Bart PE/Ultimate Boot CD (Windows)...or even boot into PC-Doctor from the recovery partition if this computer has that. This way you'd neither need to buy and replace a hard drive, nor deal with OS installation. Then, perform something CPU intensive and see if the machine overheats. If it does, you know it's got nothing to do with your own hard drive or your own installed operating system, and you can confidently move onto the hardware issues RayBay mentions. I just replaced the fan on my T41, which required a lot fewer steps than your x61 will...and I did learn the hard way that failure to apply thermal grease on the new cooling assembly led to rapid overheating. So, perhaps it is the case that your fan assembly has become loose or needs new thermal grease. Good luck, TK >If no help, I would totalyl disassemble the Thinkpad, and look closely for >impact damage of any kind... an invisible crack in the system board can be >the same as cutting a wire to a key circuit. I would unplug and re-seat >every cable and component. If nothing is found, I would replace the CPU >fan and thermal paste... which you should be able to do for less than $20. > >Slowly, using remove and replace, you will fix it or narrow it down to a few >problems. > >Finally, I would replace the system board... every now and then, you come >across a Thinkpad with a broken screen. You can then have the fun of >building a new Thinkpad from the parts of both. ... >RayBay > > >On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:23 AM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I think the heat sink got moved when the laptop was dropped. Since you >> > > know how to open it, perhaps it would be good to do that again, and feel >> > > the top of the heatsink. It should be pretty hot, and the air from the >> > > fan should be warm, too. >> > > >> > > You probably need more heatsink "paste" that goes between the CPU and >> > > heatsink. I don't know if there is a special kind for the thinkpad or >> > > not. But perhaps just adjusting it would help? >> > > >> > > --STeve Andre' >> > >> On Tuesday 26 May 2009 10:11:21 francesco tartaglia wrote: >> > Hi Steve >> > thanks for your answer. >> > But I think that it is very difficulty for me >> > because to access to fanskin >> > is necessary take down a lot of component: >> > in order: >> > v 1010 Battery pack >> > v 1020 Hard disk drive (2.5-inch) and HDD rubber rails >> > v 1030 DIMM cover >> > v 1050 Keyboard >> > v 1060 Upper case >> > v 1080 Hard disk (1.8-inch) >> > v 1090 Hard disk housing (1.8-inch) >> > v 1100 Wireless WAN PCI Express Mini card >> > v 1120 Wireless LAN PCI Express Mini card >> > v 1130 MDC >> > v 1150 Second Fan >> > v 1160 Speaker >> > v 1170 DC-in and RJ-11 connectors >> > v 1180 LCD assembly >> > v 1190 Hard disk sub-card >> > v 1200 System board and lower case assembly with label
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