Thanks; I'd done those, shoulda mentioned it. -----Original Message----- From: Andre' Blanchard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:15 PM To: Phil Smith III; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] T4x power plug repair: The Second Act
Some suggestions: 1). With machine powered down, take the hard drive out and examine the pins (make sure none are bent). 2). Reseat HD/Caddy assembly. When mine is not 'seated' properly I get similar 'symptoms' are yours. In summary, just some basic sanity actions wrt your disk drive. Regards: Andre' -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Thinkpad] T4x power plug repair: The Second Act I got the T4x back yesterday. It had supposedly shipped Friday, so I'd been expecting it Monday or Tuesday, and called Tuesday when it hadn't appeared; they checked and apologized, said it hadn't made the Friday cutoff, so had gone out Monday. Ok. I was out of town when it arrived, but just got home, put the hard drive and battery back in, and booted. I got the Thinkpad logo and "Press Access IBM..." but nothing else. Rebooted and went into the BIOS, which saw the hard drive. Rebooted again and hit F12, which got "Preparing Boot Device List" and nothing else for a LONG time, then finally offered the CD or the HD. Then it booted from the HD, but weirdly. And I have no keyboard or mouse. "It was working [other than having to hold the power cord in place] when it left..." I'll call them tomorrow. Since my understanding is that getting at the power plug is basically a full disassembly, it's hard to see how this *isn't* their doing. We'll see how they handle it... ...phsiii (grinding his teeth) _______________________________________________ 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
