IBM T30 won't turn on

Ibmgrl · 06-15-2006, 12:45 PM

Hi, I went to turn my laptop on and the moon + battery symbol flashed then went out. The indicator lights came on then went out and only the power (Z) symbol stayed on. Nothing else comes on. No screen nothing. I have changed the cmos battery. I have done everything possible including the FN button. Any suggestions?

**TheMatt** · 06-15-2006, 02:25 PM

Hi Ibmgrl, and welcome to TSF!
Is the laptop running on batteries or AC power? Have you tried the other?

Ibmgrl · 06-15-2006, 02:41 PM

Yes I have taken the battery out, put it in. I have had it on both AC and Batteries.

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**laboye** · 06-19-2006, 09:18 PM

The battery and sleep indicator always flash followed by the system indicators when a ThinkPad is powered on. If it does not do anything when you try to turn it on under AC power, you likely have fried your motherboard. T30s are easy to service and their guides are available under IBM's (not lenovo's) website. Impact computers have replacement parts here:

http://www.impactcomputers.com/ibmpa...t30-parts.html

Determine your PC by looking on the bottom of the thinkpad at the Sticker starting with "Type", and a 4 digit number. The rest is determined by your resolution.(either XGA or SXGA)

Click "Internal Parts And Assemblies" for the motherboards. They should be near the bottom.

Good luck, the T30 is an excellent machine.

06-15-2006, 12:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ibmgrl Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	IBM T30 won't turn on Hi, I went to turn my laptop on and the moon + battery symbol flashed then went out. The indicator lights came on then went out and only the power (Z) symbol stayed on. Nothing else comes on. No screen nothing. I have changed the cmos battery. I have done everything possible including the FN button. Any suggestions?

06-15-2006, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Hi Ibmgrl, and welcome to TSF! Is the laptop running on batteries or AC power? Have you tried the other? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

06-15-2006, 02:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ibmgrl Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Yes I have taken the battery out, put it in. I have had it on both AC and Batteries. :

06-19-2006, 09:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	The battery and sleep indicator always flash followed by the system indicators when a ThinkPad is powered on. If it does not do anything when you try to turn it on under AC power, you likely have fried your motherboard. T30s are easy to service and their guides are available under IBM's (not lenovo's) website. Impact computers have replacement parts here: http://www.impactcomputers.com/ibmpa...t30-parts.html Determine your PC by looking on the bottom of the thinkpad at the Sticker starting with "Type", and a 4 digit number. The rest is determined by your resolution.(either XGA or SXGA) Click "Internal Parts And Assemblies" for the motherboards. They should be near the bottom. Good luck, the T30 is an excellent machine.