R40 Died:REVISED!!

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jronald · #1 Post by **jronald** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:46 am

Recently acquired a couple of R40's. History is unknown. I loaded uBuntu on one of them and it ran fine for a couple of hours. Then I was in the process of loading windblows on it. Had the restore disks, the works.
Something strange happened in that Grub restarted, then the screen went blank, and it shut off. Now it does not matter what I do, it will not turn back on. I have pulled memory, pulled the CMOS and main battery, left it over night, swapped the key board. Its just dead......
Any ideas?

Ron

SMA · #2 Post by **SMA** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:52 pm

left it over night

does that meen removing the AC adapter from the wall plug .. if not, redo.

Its just dead

what does that mean? no sign of life or?
Try to connect the R40 to the (powered) AC Adapter and leave it for an hour. See if the AC Adapter gets warm/hot.
If so, then you may have a ThinkPad that is shorting the AC Adapter.

jronald · #3 Post by **jronald** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:33 pm

I tried with and without the adapter. It does nothing, not a flicker, not a beep, nothing at all.

Ron

ajkula66 · #4 Post by **ajkula66** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:04 pm

Have you tried this old trick: remove the battery, hard and media drives, unplug the adapter. Press the "power" button 10 times in a row, holding it down for 10 seconds each time and 30 seconds the last time around.

Plug the adapter (but nothing else) back in and try to power on.

Good luck.

jronald · #5 Post by **jronald** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:17 am

OK here is what I have deduced:
Flaky battery, flaky charge circuit and flaky power adapter.
If I change any one of the 3, everything is fine. Works normal.

Go figure
Ron

vanaya · #6 Post by **vanaya** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:37 pm

Have you tried a dock? Just curious as I want to buy a "parts" R40 to replace a T21

jronald · #7 Post by **jronald** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:28 pm

I might have what you are looking for anyway......
The 3rd R40 I picked up powers up, but does not post. I have not had a chance to monkey with it yet, so the status is unknown. The screen does have some keyboard damage/indentations on it, so its not perfect. Give me a couple of days and Ill let you know.

Ron

vanaya · #8 Post by **vanaya** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:32 pm

@jronald Well... we might have something here. I'm waiting for my R40 to come back from repairs with a forum member. If that comes in really soon (next week or two), I reaaally want to buy ajkula66 sxga+ screen that is for sale in the marketplace. Then I will have a spare screen. Keep me posted.

@ajkula66 I don't want to hold up any offers on the screen, so I haven't sent you any pm's.

ajkula66 · #9 Post by **ajkula66** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:39 pm

@vanaya:

No offers on that screen whatsoever, so it'll probably be there when you decide whether you want it...

Other parts there as well...just throw me a low-ball offer for the whole darn thing, I need it out...

jronald · #10 Post by **jronald** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:48 am

OK
Swapped the MoBo out for a "good" one, does the exact same thing! Anybody got any ideas? Single light plus the battery light comes on, fan spins for a moment, then nothing. Light stays on but nothing else. Neither MoBo beeps because of the absence of memory. The LCD does flicker when you turn it off

Ron

#11 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:55 am

What happens if you disconnect the LCD from the systemboard, power it up from a dock with an external LCD and keyboard connected.

jronald · #12 Post by **jronald** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:27 am

harryc, thats about the only thing left to try....give me a couple of hours

Ron

jronald · #13 Post by **jronald** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:02 am

OK,
Im trying to cobble together an R40 for a Mother in need:

3 Mobos do the same thing: Powers up, fan spins then quits
I have pulled everything that can be disconnected out/off including the LCDs.
Anyone have any ideas?

Ron

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