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The Lenovo support guy is supposed to come out on Monday but I'm hoping somebody can help me out in the meantime. I bought this used a little while ago and I got it working fine at the beginning but as of today it doesn't boot, when you turn it on it just beeps. The beeps are definitely in a pattern, 4 in a row. The woman on the phone though it was the System Board and apparently they're going to replace it, but I'm wondering if there are any home remedies I could try while I wait to get it back up.

Any suggestions help. Its a Non-Tablet X60 and apparently the support travels with the computer so if all else fails, I should be able to get it serviced. I'd just like to be able to use it this weekend so maybe people here have a fix.

If you have 2 ram installed, remove one and see if it boots.
If just one, see if you can borrow one from other people, to test it.
I have this happened on me once.

poky wrote:If you have 2 ram installed, remove one and see if it boots.
If just one, see if you can borrow one from other people, to test it.
I have this happened on me once.

Hi there,

Gave this a try (tried each stick individually, then tried a stick from another laptop that I know is working) and I got the same result. Thanks for the idea though! Perhaps the memory bank itself is damaged?

edit - yes, I have two sticks (2x2GB = 4GB) installed and it wouldn't work with 1x2gb on either stick or 1x1gb.

From the Hardware Maintenance Manual:

Four cycles of four short beeps and a blank screen. - System board (security chip)

Not much you can do IMO except replace the system board.

Snazzy

I guess I'll just have to wait on it until Monday.