ThinkPad T22: Strange Beeps on startup - Why?

[birgerb]

Just got myself a used T22: PIII 800 MHz, 256 MB RAM and the Intel Modem combo card.

Every time I switch the machine on, it prompts with one long, two short beeps. Drives me nuts. Doesn't that say there's something wrong with the system?

After doing some extensive searching, I think that either the system board, the RAM or the Modem combo card is the culprit.

First of all, using a Ubuntu live CD, the system works like a charm. So I don't think there is something really important going on. I haven't had time to install any Windows yet.

I have updated the BIOS, the CD-ROM fimware and the hard disk firmware. Went without a glitch.

But: the BIOS doesn't show any MAC address information. The card itself, however, seems to be installed just fine.

Any suggestions? I of course can rip out the combo card, but as the notebook is still under seller's warranty, I don't want to mingle around with it unneccessarily [sp?].

Or is this just normal behaviour for a system without a system recovery partition - the hard drive, of course, is completely blank...

[GomJabbar]

Beep Symptoms from the Hardware Maintenance Manual for my T42:

One long and two short beeps,
and a blank or unreadable LCD.

1. System board.
2. LCD assembly.
3. DIMM.

Check the Hardware Maintenance Manual for your T22.

[birgerb]

Thanks.

I have taken my heart and unplugged the combo card. Voila: no beeps.

Any ideas how to fix this? If there is anything software-related, I would be deeply thankful - I don't feel the urgent need to go visit my dealer again.

[monkey243]

try these:
upluge the combo car,power on.see what happen.If only one beep,your tp is fine.if more than one beep,there must be the memory's problem.chang the memory with PC100 SD RAM

[birgerb]

Seems to be the combo card. Without it, the ThinkPad works just fine. Another trip to the dealer...

[birgerb]

Just to close this: went to the dealer and had the combo card replaced. Now the TP works fine.