T-22 having is own wills...Need help please.

[RallyMaster]

Hello,
I`m new here and I must say this is one of the best forums I`ve ever been to.

Anyhow, I`ve just got as a gift this T-22 laptop, and I`m starting to understang why I got it as a gift.
I`m having problems to boot it up, sometimes it does boot up but most of the times it just dont. And even if he gets up he gets stuck at windows logon at the start.

From things I`ve read here I understood there might be some causes to these things. I`ve already gave the computer to some lab and I`ve asked them to fix it, They didnt do a thing because when they had the computer everything worked fine, so they just cleaned it (Anyway thats what they said...)

I need help guys, I need to know your opinion because I`m kind of new in the laptop stuff and I dont know what to do.

BTW, this is a T-22 2647-8EG, And I`ve already download all new updateds from the IBM site. The Comp Running on Win XP.

I forgot one more importent thing...The comp is getting hot ! sometimes it reach to 70 Celcusius Dgree... but it does not close itself...

A Big THANKS in advance !!
Good Day.

[danage]

I`m having problems to boot it up, sometimes it does boot up but most of the times it just dont. And even if he gets up he gets stuck at windows logon at the start.

Sounds like a hardware defect. Yet there's a chance something is wrong with the software. Try a clean Windows reinstall.
If that doesn't fix it, try the "usual procedure" which is explained in a lot of "my computer freezes" postings here. Memory, in my opinion, is the most common cause of "sudden freeze" issues. Try testing that.

I forgot one more importent thing...The comp is getting hot ! sometimes it reach to 70 Celcusius Dgree... but it does not close itself...

From what I read it's within tolerance with the T2x series. Some of the other people here know more about it.


I read you are in Israel. Be on the safe side now!

[RallyMaster]

Hi
Thanks for trying to help, I will check these things out...

And I`m trying to be on the safe side as much as I can..

Thanks.

[BillD]

Try removing all the removable hardware..CD ROM,PCMCIA cards,etc...Then boot...

If you still have problems and have 2 RAM stickis in the machine try removing one,and boot...If the problem is still there swap RAM sticks and try again..

If you only have one stick of RAM beg,borrow or buy another stick and try that...More times then not booting problems lead to a bad stick of RAM...

[Thinkpaddict]

There's a good chance that the CPU is not seated correctly on its socket. Some T23s had this sort of problem because of thermal cycling (expansion and contraction of the metal parts in and around the CPU), which caused the CPU's connection to the socket to lose integrity.

I had this problem with a T23. I took out the CPU, reseated it, and applied some Arctic Silver. It helped somewhat, but I continued having problems. Then I set the CPU to always run at low speed, and never had any problems after that. I have a CPU laying around which I will put in this computer one of this days to see if I can completely solve the problem and run the CPU on adaptive (the way it's meant to run).

[RallyMaster]

Thanks for the help guys..

Where can I find how to reseat the CPU, is this is something I can do or I need to take to a lab ?

I`ll try doing the stuff with ejecting the CD and the memory first...

[rkawakami]

Download the Hardware Maintenance Manual for the T20-T23 series from here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4UYM3F

Detailed instructions on how to disassemble your system is within.

[RallyMaster]

Thanks I belive this can help me...

Is this hard to do ? I`ve never done things like that? In the picture it does not looks that hard, I know how to do these stuff is Regular PC , Do you think its the same ?

[Thinkpaddict]

It's not bad if you follow the instructions in the manual. Just make sure to be very organized and label each group of screws (there's a bunch of them), so that you know where they go when you are putting your Thinkpad together. It can be a very frustrating experience if you don't do that.