Hello ThinkPad friends Maybe this is a useful info for someone with LAN connection problems: My ThinkPad R40 had a loose connection with its LAN connection. I thought it was a loose conducting path of the RJ45 jack (this is the LAN jack) but i was wrong. I soldered the RJ45 pins but no luck. I even ...

IT'S ALIVE!!! IT'S ALIVE AGAIN!!! Hoorayyy XD http://www.abload.de/img/itsalivep7rg.jpg Thank you all - especially rkawakami for all your hard work! You saved my Thinkpad :) Your guess with address 22 was right. That's the only value i've changed and it worked perfect. I've pressed the 'Initialize'...

@rkawakami Thanks a lot for all your help. That's really great. I've made some screenshots with all the infos from my TP600: Test Procedure results: http://www.abload.de/thumb/00testjgoa.jpg Version Infos 1: http://www.abload.de/thumb/00versioninfos11gjd.jpg Version Infos 2: http://www.abload.de/thu...

I've already tried to hit or keep pressing the 'ESC' key at different times but no success at all. I've studied the hardware maintenance manual but there's no other solution than to change the motherboard. I've read that there is an advanced test menu (press ctrl+a at the normal test menu) but that ...

I've tried the 'ESC' trick but it didn't work - it is just displaying 76 301 (=keyboard error) and this is normal if a key is pressed during boot up.
I've looked on the motherboard but everything seems to be clean.
Thank you very much for your help.

I think my TP600 is dead or am i wrong?

Thanks for that info but the machine don't let me boot because of that 1201 error.
I would be really happy if i could start any program or use any DOS commands on my old TP600.

Thanks Neil I've searched the whole bios again for a way to disable the infrared port but there is no way. Maybe there is one in the ctrl-d setup of the config menu but there are just lots of hex datas and i don't know their meanings. Too bad it's usually problems that bring folks here... Sorry :oop...

Hello ThinkPad users I've got a TP 600 (without e or x) and it shows error 1201 during boot up and i've run the test procedure. It says that the parallel-, serial- and infrared port is not correct. Everything else is OK. I've replaced the backup battery with a full 2025 3Volt watch battery but no ch...