Thinkpad Transnote New OS Installation or Admin Bypass?

[Theokretes]

There are a couple more under sold listings.
But yours can boot, which is a great thing to know.
One pesky problem a ThinkPadder can diagnose.

Aye well good luck if you do sell it.

Actually the transnote's onboard memory can sometimes develop a fault. If that happens, the machine will still turn on and work as "normal", but will cause random problems as the corrupted memory module is used now and again.
The only way to fix it is to solder on fresh memory chips of course that are compatible with the transnote. I have a dead transnote in that situation presently. After removing the memory chips the machine will not boot up without them being present... unfortunately.

Same goes for the 701C, actually.

Another problem with the transnotes is that the nickel cadmium backup batteries should be removed as soon as possible-- as they can corrode traces.

New lithium-ion CMOS batteries can be made easily with some of the flat cells.