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Old 08-08-2008, 03:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: My IBM Thinkpad T20 will not boot up.

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Originally Posted by StoicBlade View Post
Hey TriggerFinger,

Yup, that worked like a charm. Thanks. I am curious though...why did it do that and why did I need to press the "on" button for 30 secs with no power? Is that a self-diagnostic process or was I re-setting the BIOS or something?

Anyway, thanks for your help.

StoicBlade
It is another way of resetting the CMOS configuration. Some laptops have a reset button at the bottom. I believe that is the equivalent of that.

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