T60P freezes at Bios coming up

[ThinkMac2003]

Hello,

my Thinkpad T60P had been working fine until this Monday, when I pressed the power button but accidentally didn't push in the DVD-bay completely into the slot, and the small handle was still outside, after removing a secondary HD caddy.

Now it freezes right at the ThinkPad pre-BIOS screen, no matter if I press the ThinkVantage button or not.

I wonder if the partially pushed-in bay could have caused a hardware problem? Or maybe there is an easy reset to fix it?

thanks for sharing any insight.

[ajkula66]

Try starting the machine without the battery and report back.

Good luck.

[ThinkMac2003]

thanks much for responding.

I did by taking out the battery. But it's still the same.

I also put in a BIOS upgrade CD, but it freezes before even reading it.

[ajkula66]

I also put in a BIOS upgrade CD, but it freezes before even reading it.

Never attempt to update BIOS on an unstable system. Unless you feel like swapping the motherboard, pronto.

[ThinkMac2003]

the thing suddenly started working after I disassembled the frame.