ThinkPad T61 "DOA" and weird problems...

[draco2527]

Well with all the crazy things going on with the T6X's I figured I post something that happened to "mine"...

After battling for over a year (in another post) I managed to get the "ThinkPad" line into work. Well a week or so ago, as I am walking into work my Boss stopped me and asked me for a "report"; so I sit on my desk while he is looking over my shoulder, dock the laptop and press the power button...NOTHING!

My Boss made a comment (did not hear what he said). Press power again...NOTHING...looked at the power indicator...NOTHING...NOW I AM GETTING WORRIED!!

Reseated the power on dock...no lights, reseated the laptop on the dock...no lights!!! WT*?

So I removed the laptop from the dock and plugged it in directly to the AC adapter...still NOTHING!!

By this time, my Boss is making "jokes" about my decision...he was laughing so I guess it was a "good thing"...

While he looked over my shoulder I removed battery, HDD, DVDRW and memory. Help power button for about 30 seconds. Re-installed all hardware and docked machine (power light came on...pressed power button...CAME RIGHT UP!! It was a GOOD DAY...

I know the "older" ThinkPads had the "red reset" button on the back; but I have never had this problem with a ThinkPad (that I can remember) a LOT of these problems with Sony...but never a Thinkpad!!! Battery on the T61 was 100% and everything came up normal...so not sure what is going on!!

Recently I started getting some errors when the OS loads and when I shut down; but they are "random"....plus the machine tends to "freeze" WITH NO ERRORS OR BSOD....

I am starting to think that this platform was "rushed to market" and not all "bugs" have been worked out as far as drivers, etc...

I guess gone are the days when ThinkPad's were a little behind in technology; but at least that was due to them making sure that the machines were "Rock Solid" inside and out (hardware/software)

[Truthfinder]

My son is having the same problem with his 3 week old T61. It is not to the point where it's completely dead.

See my prevous post !

[ryengineer]

Have you guys given a thought of getting it repaired at a local IBM authorized repair center instead of sending it out to Solectron, again:

Compuquest USA, Inc.
42926 Schoenherr Rd
Sterling Heights, MI 48313
Tel: 586-247-8500

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Advanced Business Systems, LLC
94 Church St.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: 732-294-5176

dba AMDC
18A Campus Plaza
Edison, NJ 08837
Tel: 732-346-1500

Ciber, Inc.
252 Fernwood Ave
Edison, NJ 08837
Tel: 732-225-1700