New to Thinkpad T-20 and I think the motherboard is bad.

[SocalT20]

Hello all,

My name is Mark and I just purchased a used T-20 about two weeks ago. It was private party sale and last night I went to turn it on and nothing. I only get a clicking sound from the HD and the power light flashes every time I push the power button. I took out the battery and reinserted into the machine nothing still. The only thing I did was place a Netgear Wireless 802.11b 16 bit card in it and I was surfing the web great. Could the wireless card cause the motherboard to fry?

Well I think I'm going to have to look for another ThinkPad or try to fix this one. What do you guys think I should do?

Please any ideas?


Thank you,

Mark

[egibbs]

Take the card out and see what happens.

Try holding the power button down for more than 7 seconds. It may have gone into hibernation.

Ed Gibbs

[kchung]

Are you getting the BIOS splash screen?

Is the clicking from the hard drive really loud? If so, the hard drive could be toast. Being that T20's are at least 4 years old - if that's the original drive, it could have gone bad.

-Kevin

[JHEM]

[Shields]

Replace the CMOS battery, go into the BIOS and initiate the system and let us know what happens!

[/Shields]

Regards,

James