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topgunmatt · #1 Post by **topgunmatt** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:44 pm

Hi
My laptop recieved a slight knock in my carry case and now fails to boot.
The laptop emits 5 beeps which according to the ibm site means it something to do with the security chip on the motherboard.
Can anyone help please??????
Thanks

#2 Post by **draco2527** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:06 pm

The security chip "snaps" into the planar/motherboard...I was sure it was in there pretty good and coming loose was not an option!

I would imagine it has come off OR it broke off! (more then likey the first option).....but I still can't see the first option happening!

Yours under warranty?

? : If anyone is reading this, the T40's have the security chip SOLDERED on the board, SOME T41's have it too...BUT for the ones that you can remove' I heard/read that a ThinkPad that will not include that option can have the option "installed" by pluggin in ANY security chip; any truth to this? (the chips are removable BUT NOT interchangeable, IBM did this to save on $$$...one board...plug something in and it has the option...do not plug the thing in and NO OPTION..without having to carry two separate FRU's)

christopher_wolf · #3 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:08 pm

Interesting problem...It could be that the connection to the Security Chip has been knocked awry somehow; you should take it in and have a tech look at it, preferably under warranty.

topgunmatt · #4 Post by **topgunmatt** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:32 am

Hi
Thanks for your reply, what is the security chip for???
Is it a removable chip on the motherboard?

#5 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:03 pm

I would certainly see if your warranty applies. I have fallen on mine, cracked the case, dropped in on the floor while running and open, and certainly "knocked it slightly" many times. It needed a lower case and screen latches replaced, but otherwise runs perfectly. ... JD Hurst

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