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T440s - trick need to power on

#1 Post by cat4lyst » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:27 pm

Hello everyone. first time poster long time thinkpader

I have a t440s running windows 10. I have run into a wall with it; problem being it will not power on most of the time without a little trick. this problem has grown in frequency to almost every day now. First occurrence was about 5 months ago and has been increasingly an issue.

This problem was documented extensively in several forum posts (https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T ... 310#M92983). Basically you come to your laptop and it with not power on, no sign of life, plugged in or not. The described fix is to disconnect both batteries, internal and external momentary and wallah it powers up no problem. Well that was fine, until it happened again... and again... and again. I got tired of pulling off the lower case, so the internal battery just remains disconnected now just for ease to get back up and running. Now i pull the external for a few seconds and it powers back on every time. the laptop has never powered down during use, this only occurs when i put it in sleep or shutdown. Its pretty annoying.

All the should be drivers are up-to-date. Did a bios update last night, already had the issue pop up twice today. Does anyone have a idea what is going on with this thing. Can it be fixed?

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#2 Post by GomJabbar » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:33 pm

I had a similar problem with my X220 after spilling coffee on the keyboard. It would only power up after disconnecting all batteries. But it would only do this one time. Replaced the keyboard and problem solved. Can't say that is the same issue as you are having, but perhaps it is.
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#3 Post by RealBlackStuff » Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:49 am

Are both batteries genuine Lenovo, or is one or both a genuine Chinese knock-off?
W10 has a nasty habit of not shutting down but to go in some slumber-state.
Have you tried Live-Linux?
I suggest to get Slax from https://www.slax.org/ as you can run it from a small USB-key.
Boot that 2 or 3 times, to check if the problem persists.

For more Live-linux info, see this: https://www.pcsuggest.com/best-linux-live-distro/
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#4 Post by cat4lyst » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:10 am

Yes they are both genuine. I think they are still the original batteries. Interesting point on the operating system, I didn't consider a software problem. I'll run Linux off the USB as suggested see if the problem persists. Thanks.

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#5 Post by pictux » Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:08 am

Hi cat4lyst, have you solved the issue?
I'm facing the same, and i'm running linux...
Here my thread:
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=123827

EDIT:
maybe the solution comes from here:
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=126616
(thanks to RealBlackStuff suggestion)
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#6 Post by cat4lyst » Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:38 am

Nope still pulling the battery pretty much every time I use it. Interesting about the keyboard. Another poster above mentioned the same. I'll likely pick one up soon and give it a shot. Let me know if you have any luck. Thanks

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#7 Post by joy.ang » Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:59 pm

Yes happened to me a couple of times always the trick is to remove the battery, to prevent this I'm always removing it after I use it. I haven't look yet for another solution I might also try the keyboard solution mentioned above.

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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#8 Post by pictux » Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:14 am

Hi guys, Iìve changed the old keyboard with a new mint one.
Issue persists :x
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#9 Post by cat4lyst » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:38 am

Oh man, thanks for the update. Guess we keep searching...

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#10 Post by haritak » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:29 am

Same problem here. Do we know whether is getting worst? Fried motherboard or something like that?
Arch linux on X220

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#11 Post by pictux » Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:08 pm

Hi guys,
has anyone tried to update the bios?
I'm running linux so i'm not able to test a bios update easily, but the Lenovo Vantage (running only on windows) has a tool to check for any update available and to update the bios.

Would someone ilke to give it a try?
Thanks
regards
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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#12 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:34 pm

Check the version in your BIOS by pressing F1 when booting.
Check for latest BIOS update here: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds035967
Use an external USB CD/DVD-drive for that.
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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#13 Post by cat4lyst » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:07 pm

Bois is one of the first things I have updated to troubleshoot. I am fairly certain some component on the motherboard has failed. This is one of those problems I have zero evidence that anyone has solved the issue. I was going to try running Linux on it but now that I hear you are it likely a lost cause. I honestly went back to my x301 running manjaro, only use this guy when needed.

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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#14 Post by pictux » Wed Nov 14, 2018 6:31 pm

A guy in Reddit said:
"Hey seems like I finally found someone with the same issue, yeah I got the same problem, funny enough even with the motherboard replaced (for a different reason: failed bios update) still having this issue, currently I am in the process of buying some new batteries for it, since the t440s I got was for free and was the reason why they gave it to me."

Of course i've tried to change the battery (a friend of mine has lent me for a while his t450s battery), and of course whitout success.
T14s 20WN, x260 20F5, T460 20FMS3FM00,
x230 2325-CJ0, T440s 20AR S08Q00, T500 2082-9JG, T60 1952-CTO, R50P 1832-22G, T40 2374-PG2

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Re: T440s - trick need to power on

#15 Post by cat4lyst » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:07 am

Ok wow. So this guy changed his Mobo and still has the issue. What else could it be...

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