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Old 11-17-2008, 04:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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computer locks when booting

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I am using a Thinkpad 600 Pent 2 with win 98se. My problem is it will not boot entirely.
It just locks and i cannot do anything. When it locks I have to remove the power source to reboot. Sometime it gives me an error message # 127??
I tried use a boot disk. Sometime it locks and other times it will boot but when I try to use the option on the boot disk it locks and i have to reboot.
At times I can reboot and reach the safe mode but it locks and i cannot go any further. On occasion windows will run but then it locks.
Any suggestions?
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Old 11-17-2008, 05:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: computer locks when booting

download and run the hard drive makers diognostic utility on the hard drive
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
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Old 11-18-2008, 08:38 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: computer locks when booting

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download and run the hard drive makers diognostic utility on the hard drive
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
When the computer locks I can not download anything. The computer does have a diognostic utility that I can access and it says the hard drive is fine. Any other suggestion?
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Old 11-18-2008, 06:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: computer locks when booting

searching the problem only comes up with the 127 error being related to when upgrading the cpu to a p3
check for a bios update
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Old 11-19-2008, 09:32 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: computer locks when booting

I did find new IBM bios for this computer but how do I install them if the system keeps locking?
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Old 11-19-2008, 10:35 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: computer locks when booting

does the bios stay up without a problem
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Old 11-20-2008, 06:12 PM   #7 (permalink)
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yes the bios stays up.
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Re: computer locks when booting

then it should flash with no problem
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