T23 Doesn't Power Up

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marco1 · #1 Post by **marco1** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:49 pm

Hi Everyone
Bought a T23 off e-bay the other day and upon starting it up for the first time I got a white flash on the screen and then blank. I replaced the memory and the hardrive and still nothing. I tryed an external monitor and still nothing only now when I power it up I don't even get the white flash anymore. I do get a noise from processor cooling fan which wirls up and down. I tryed reformating the original hardrive on another t23 and I couldn't get past 40% done. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Orevin · #2 Post by **Orevin** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:00 pm

Hi Marco,

Welcome to the forum.

These threads might be helpful:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=26976
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=21512
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20409

#3 Post by **BillMorrow** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:33 pm

marco..

sounds like you have a DOA thinkpad..
i would get my money back from the seller on ebay..

in short, the word "screwed" comes to mind..

dsigma6 · #4 Post by **dsigma6** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:08 pm

do you mind sharing the ebay item number? let us know what the seller does for you in terms of a refund or replacement.

marco1 · #5 Post by **marco1** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:15 pm

Unfortunatly the laptop was doa and the sellor is nowhere to be seen
He has since become an unregistered user. I have a dispute filed with paypal. Unfortunate because i've bought quite a few in the t series and this is the only one that's given me any trouble.

marco1 · #6 Post by **marco1** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:18 pm

I'll try removing everthing as the links from a previous poster suggest

#7 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:00 pm

Sorry to hear about that, major bummer.

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