T40 major problem...keeps freezing on me.

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jongordo8 · #1 Post by **jongordo8** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:32 pm

My T40 started acting up last week and it is getting really frustrating. It all started last Monday when I put in my jump drive and formatted it (I was using it to update the software on my plasma TV), and it froze while doing that. First time it has ever frozen. Now it seems like it freezes constantly. At first I thought it was software related, however when I went to turn on my computer on Thursday the LCD was black (the laptop turned on, however the LCD never went on). I had to turn it off and on about 6 times to get it to work. This afternoon it did the same thing. Anyone ever had these types of issues or have any ideas on what it might be?

The laptop works as normal once it gets into windows, except it freezes regularly and twice has not wanted to turn the lcd on.

BTW the LCD staying blank and not wanting to turn on just happened again, only this time I got an error message with beeps.

1 longer beep followed by 2 short beeps.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Website · #2 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:11 am

According to page 63 of the Hardware Maintenance Manual, the beep code that you describe means that you should check:

1. System board
2. LCD Assembly
3. DIMM

Since the easiest of the three to check is the DIMM, I would reseat your memory and see if that makes a difference. If you have two sticks, then try removing each one separately and alternating them to see if maybe one of the two sticks has gone bad.

jongordo8 · #3 Post by **jongordo8** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:34 pm

thanks for the tip...I did so and I thought I found the culprit. The dimm of 256 under the keyboard, once removed, has made the computer run like normal again for a while.

After a couple of hours it froze again and than the LCD wouldn't come on. Anyone have any ideas on how I can figure out what the issue is?

jongordo8 · #4 Post by **jongordo8** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:35 am

So its not the memory, and I took it apart to see if it was a loose connection to no avail. Anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong and how to fix it?

barone_birra · #5 Post by **barone_birra** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:20 am

Have you solved the problem???
I've the seme problem and i cant' solve it!!!

rayman · #6 Post by **rayman** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:13 pm

i'm getting this same problem on my t42....anyone figure out a solution yet? I'm going to run some memory testing stuff soon to see if one of the slots went bad.

jongordo8 · #7 Post by **jongordo8** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:24 pm

its the motherboard

cmarti · #8 Post by **cmarti** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:27 pm

Did you all run PC DOCTOR?

It may help to finding the source of the problem.

rayman · #9 Post by **rayman** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:01 pm

thanks for the replies guys.

PC Doctor passed all the tests...i unscrewed my keyboard (but didnt pop it out) and now i can type on it fine as long as i dont push down on the sides (so it sounds like that graphic card problem that people were having when they carried their laptops from the corners).

now if it is the motherboard I just have a quick question that hopefully someone can answer. I bought this laptop december of 04 directly from www.ibm.com, so it's almost 2 years old..it only came with a 1 year warranty however. Last spring (about 6-7 months ago) my power plug on my motherboard broke, and I had to pay IBM to put in a brand new motherboard (still pee'd about that), does IBM warranty parts that they put in your computer...or will I have to pay $495 more to fix a computer that I love, but is falling behind the times?

cliff-notes: I got a new motherboard from ibm 7 months ago, my laptop warranty is over, but does ibm warranty the specific parts they fixed?

Thinkpaddict · #10 Post by **Thinkpaddict** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:56 pm

You should definitely have some sort of warranty with the replacement motherboard. Didn't they send you any papers with it?

rayman · #11 Post by **rayman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:16 am

only a bill sadly, ill call them tomorrow though.

gauthier · #12 Post by **gauthier** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:29 pm

Hello, maybe not usefull at your location, but I know that here, in France, IBM sell extended warranties for arround 150 € / year. With such warranty, you would ask service request as with standard warranty coming with a new laptop.

Maybe you can ask a salesrep for such warranty plan?

T40 major problem...keeps freezing on me.

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