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fleamourian · #1 Post by **fleamourian** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:50 pm

I recently separated my HDD from it's caddy to see if it would fit in the Ultrabay 2nd HDD Adaptor, however when reassembling & powering up the screen is blank & jst hangs. I must admit I used a magnetized screwdriver but thought the field would be too weak to matter.

Is this salvageable???

fleamourian · #2 Post by **fleamourian** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:42 pm

Well hell

Had a friend check it out & it's not the disk drive. So looks like I'll have to find someone that fixes laptops for a fixed fee.

#3 Post by **rkawakami** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:34 pm

The hard drive, with caddy, should be able to fit inside a genuine IBM Ultrabay 2000 hard disk drive adapter. I do it all of the time. Don't even need to remove the screws; just make sure that they're in all of the way. It DOES take a little bit of force to get the drive/caddy assembly inside the bay, as does trying to remove the drive. Fingernails help!

If you have one of the aftermarket knock-offs, then I'm not sure if they can be used with a caddy on the drive. I've stuck to the factory IBM units as pictured here:

http://www.rkawakami.net/ibm_t2x/ub2khda/

To troubleshoot your laptop, I'd download a copy of PC Doctor as a start.

fleamourian · #4 Post by **fleamourian** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:07 pm

Ah, fits with the caddy. Def genuine unit complete with warranty.

Unfortunately there is no BIOS or anything, can't actually boot PC Doctor from diskette.

#5 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:13 pm

So I understand that you can even access the BIOS or boot the system, correct? Are there any error messages and/or beep codes issued by the laptop when you turn it on?

fleamourian · #6 Post by **fleamourian** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:24 pm

Correct. No error messages, no beeps, nada, zip, however on powering up the fan runs (I thought it only ran when hot?) It has run fine till now, bought from eBay approx mid-December.

#7 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:36 pm

Here's something from out of my past:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=29949

Short version: Pull the ethernet/modem MiniPCI card and see if that helps.

fleamourian · #8 Post by **fleamourian** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:48 am

Thanks for tip rkawakami. My brother suggested the mother board.

Gonna try:

www.acelaptoprepairs.com

They do free pickup, free quote with no fix no fee.

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