Ok, so I swapped the motherboards and now my T22 (T20) is working again :D Now, can someone advise, could a bad battery in anyway potentially damage a motherboard such that it will no longer work like mine? The reason I ask is before my system died it would run on battery, and then for no reason go ...

Yes, sorry, I meant the battery - I tried disconnecting it from the motherboard to see if it would make a difference but it didn't.

Yes, I remvoed the ethernet/modem combo too and tried my two memory sticks on their own and both together in different slot combinations but still no joy.

I've searched this board and its a bit inconclusive, but should a T22 at least get me into the BIOS with the CMOS chip disconnected?

Hello All, First post here, been reading for a while and picking up pointers - great forum, thanks for the info so far. So, my T22 started to randomly hang and then reset itself. Its now at the point where I get the IBM splash screen before it 'resets' itself and appears to reboot. I can hit F1 and ...