I was responding to RayBay's suggestion that he replace the hard drive and reinstall the OS. I was saying there's probably no point in doing that. You're agreeing and going further by saying there's no point in even testing software at this point.
- TK At 5/26/2009 12:12 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: >TK, I'm not following you-- Francesco said that his machine worked >till it was dropped, so it seems pretty clear to me that its a hardware >problem of the system kind as opposed to a disk problem. Or am I >misreading the situation? > >--STeve Andre' > >On Tuesday 26 May 2009 12:01:41 TK wrote: >> 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 > > >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
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