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Mr13ill · 10-12-2006, 03:33 PM

I have an older model Thinkpad A20M. While it's plugged in to AC power, I press the on/off button. The green battery light temporarily goes off, it makes a small click and the symbol for the hard drive briefly lights up green, then nothing happens except that the green battery light comes back on.
I took the battery out and tried to start it with just AC power and I got the same click but no green batttery light, of course.
I also tried to start it with no AC power. The symbol for the hard drive briefly flashes green but battery must be dead because there was no green light.
When it's running, it uses XP (though when I first got it, it was running Win98).
Is there a reset button somewhere?
Also, I tried to start it holding down F8. Same symptoms as described above.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance
BB

10-12-2006, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr13ill Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: xp	IBM Thinkpad A20M type 2628 won't start I have an older model Thinkpad A20M. While it's plugged in to AC power, I press the on/off button. The green battery light temporarily goes off, it makes a small click and the symbol for the hard drive briefly lights up green, then nothing happens except that the green battery light comes back on. I took the battery out and tried to start it with just AC power and I got the same click but no green batttery light, of course. I also tried to start it with no AC power. The symbol for the hard drive briefly flashes green but battery must be dead because there was no green light. When it's running, it uses XP (though when I first got it, it was running Win98). Is there a reset button somewhere? Also, I tried to start it holding down F8. Same symptoms as described above. Suggestions? Thanks in advance BB