T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

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T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#1 Post by mariol90 » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:15 pm

I read about this somewhere before and can't remember where, but none of the status LEDs (power, battery, caps lock) light up - except for wifi. bluetooth doesn't light up either even though I've powered it off/on. is fixing this as simple as reseating the LCD cable (which has everything in the screen assembly besides the antennas) or is there something else i should look at?

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Re: T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#2 Post by rkawakami » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:08 pm

Could be a fuse: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=87373

Could be the inverter board: http://forums.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=94529

Or simply reseat the LCD cable and the inverter board.
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Re: T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#3 Post by mariol90 » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:08 pm

thank you! it seems to be the inverter board. I tried a T61 WXGA screen assembly and the LEDs worked fine on that. would I need a certain inverter or will any 15" T61 inverter work?

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Re: T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#4 Post by richk » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:50 pm

Any inverter from a 15.4" T61 will work, but your problem still might be the cable.

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Re: T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#5 Post by _65536_kb_sec_ » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:43 pm

Just to use the thread - my thinklight is not working, any ideas? :roll:

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Re: T61p LEDs not working (besides wifi)

#6 Post by TuuS » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:42 am

I have both the inverter card and the thinklight. If anyone is interested send me a PM, They are pulled from 08/08 t61p and in excellent condition and I'll accept any reasonable offer.

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