Lenovo/IBM T41p boot up problem

Ghanbar · 08-16-2008, 05:40 PM

Hi
I have a T41p running windows XP. I had started hearing wierd noises out of the fan, I decided to open it and clean up. i did this a couple of times (on different occaisions). The first time went without a hitch. i took the fan out, cleaned it and replaced it. On the second time, when closed up the laptop and turned it on, the system started to boot up, briefly gave me the Thinkpad/IBM screen, beeped twice and within a second or so shut down. I thought perhaps I forgot to reconnect one of the cables/wires. I checked and checked, but I can't figure it out.
I also tried to go into Bios settings during the brief moments that the laptop was trying to bootup (by pressing the Access IBM button when it said so), but nothing different changed (double beeps, and then shut down).
PS. the fan is still making the wierd noises and I supposed should be replaced, but that's a minor problem compared to this new one.

**TriggerFinger** · 08-17-2008, 01:30 AM

Did you reapply the thermal compound when you put the fan/heatsink assembly back on? Also try reseating your RAM.

08-16-2008, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ghanbar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP professional	Lenovo/IBM T41p boot up problem Hi I have a T41p running windows XP. I had started hearing wierd noises out of the fan, I decided to open it and clean up. i did this a couple of times (on different occaisions). The first time went without a hitch. i took the fan out, cleaned it and replaced it. On the second time, when closed up the laptop and turned it on, the system started to boot up, briefly gave me the Thinkpad/IBM screen, beeped twice and within a second or so shut down. I thought perhaps I forgot to reconnect one of the cables/wires. I checked and checked, but I can't figure it out. I also tried to go into Bios settings during the brief moments that the laptop was trying to bootup (by pressing the Access IBM button when it said so), but nothing different changed (double beeps, and then shut down). PS. the fan is still making the wierd noises and I supposed should be replaced, but that's a minor problem compared to this new one. Last edited by Ghanbar; 08-16-2008 at 05:41 PM. Reason: typo

08-17-2008, 01:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,823 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Lenovo/IBM T41p boot up problem Did you reapply the thermal compound when you put the fan/heatsink assembly back on? Also try reseating your RAM. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE