X201 sleep mode problem and slow startup.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:02 pm
Hi all,
Recently bought a cheap X201...the seller (computer pro) on ebay declared it as US and sold it for spares altough he stated that it booted fine into the BIOS.
Anyway, after installing a new battery and installing a SSD with a fresh windows 7 64 bit it was time to test it...
I run into the following problems...its very slow to start-up. Between pushing the start button and seeing the thinkpad welkom screen 50 sec have elapsed.
Then the windows start screen comes on after 1min 45 sec and after 3 min I get the windows log on screen.
Once its running it runs fine and fast without any fail messages.
Currently I dont have many programs on it.
The second problem is that it does not come out of sleep mode...it will not respond to any input and the only way to get it running again is to hold the start button and force it to shutdown. Also in sleep mode the laptop gets very hot, almost impossible to touch at he LH underside and while in sleep mode the fan comes on from time to time...
Normal shutdown works but the battery light stay's on indicating that the laptop is not fully powered down. Puling the battery solves this problem.
Been reading a bit on the internet and the X201 seems often to suffer from sleep problems and the cure would be replacing the mainboard.
Before I invest into a "new" mainboard I would like to hear your opinions.
The X201 is in very good condition, looks like only 1.5 years old. I still have warranty according to the toolbox software but I dont have an original invoice. Also the laptop came without the original HDD...
The idea is to replace the X61S with the X201.
Recently bought a cheap X201...the seller (computer pro) on ebay declared it as US and sold it for spares altough he stated that it booted fine into the BIOS.
Anyway, after installing a new battery and installing a SSD with a fresh windows 7 64 bit it was time to test it...
I run into the following problems...its very slow to start-up. Between pushing the start button and seeing the thinkpad welkom screen 50 sec have elapsed.
Then the windows start screen comes on after 1min 45 sec and after 3 min I get the windows log on screen.
Once its running it runs fine and fast without any fail messages.
Currently I dont have many programs on it.
The second problem is that it does not come out of sleep mode...it will not respond to any input and the only way to get it running again is to hold the start button and force it to shutdown. Also in sleep mode the laptop gets very hot, almost impossible to touch at he LH underside and while in sleep mode the fan comes on from time to time...
Normal shutdown works but the battery light stay's on indicating that the laptop is not fully powered down. Puling the battery solves this problem.
Been reading a bit on the internet and the X201 seems often to suffer from sleep problems and the cure would be replacing the mainboard.
Before I invest into a "new" mainboard I would like to hear your opinions.
The X201 is in very good condition, looks like only 1.5 years old. I still have warranty according to the toolbox software but I dont have an original invoice. Also the laptop came without the original HDD...
The idea is to replace the X61S with the X201.