fried mother board t23......

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TOOSLO · #1 Post by **TOOSLO** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:30 am

i accidentally plugged in the power cord from my printer into my t23 and it shut down and smoked ....i pulled the plug out but the damage is done....it wont do a thing when i push the power button...nothing its dead....what should i do?is there a fuse or something..that i might have blown? or did i fry the mother board??
TIA

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:18 am

Welcome to our Forum, albeit for such a sad reason.

That's an original way to make toast!

What is the voltage/amperage of your printer's PSU?
By the sound of it, you'll probably need all new 'guts' for your T23.
Whatever fuse(s) was there, did not 'trip' fast enough.
Your HD may also need to be replaced, even if it is still working.
The smoke could have come from anywhere, but perhaps you could open it up and have a look? Let us know what you see.

Unless you are able to test and swap out all the necessary parts, it may be more practical to look for another laptop.
If you want another T23, I happen to have one for sale in our Market Forum http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=62851

TOOSLO · #3 Post by **TOOSLO** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:49 am

yeah to say the least i was a bit upset......

im actually working on gettin another one....gotta love ebay...hehe

i will pull it apart maybe later this week....

the hd is brand new too! 120gig!! that will make me more upset of i lost it than the motherboard...lol

ill post up any findings....

Website · #4 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:21 pm

Your hard drive should be fine. It most likely just damaged your systemboard, and possibly your ram.

TOOSLO · #5 Post by **TOOSLO** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:01 pm

so i want to tear her down and check out the carnage...only one problem i dont know how to tear her down...i dont want to destroy anything else...is there a place that has a write up on how to remove the mother board?? sorry for the newb questions....i did try and search...ended up back here...lol
TIA

goofyGAguy · #6 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:29 pm

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

TOOSLO · #7 Post by **TOOSLO** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:59 pm

well i got it apart the only thing that physically looks damaged in any way is the power plug was knocked loose?

#8 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:19 pm

Generally speaking, once some of the "magic smoke" has been released from any of the components inside a piece of electronics gear, said system does not operate 100% properly any more. The T23's DC power jack is supposed to be held in place by a screw located on the bottom side of the system. Assuming you can find a screw of the proper length and thread size (M2.5 x 4.5), that should solve your loose jack.

#9 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:43 am

You could temporarily take the screw from the mouse port, about 1" to the right of the power jack, and put it in at the bottom under the jack.
They are the same size.

TOOSLO · #10 Post by **TOOSLO** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:52 pm

well after my third mother board i found one that worked and didnt fry my memory!!! so im still on the look out for some cheap 512mb sticks..the 256mb one it is a bit slow for my taste.....lol
i got a better case and swapped everything in to it so its been a win win situation so far!

my screen wont scroll smoothly...its very choppy especially when surfing the web so visiting forums isnt very pleasurable...lol

any ideas?? TIA

goofyGAguy · #11 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:04 pm

TOOSLO wrote:im still on the look out for some cheap 512mb sticks..

Forum member LPC has a 512 MB stick for $30 shipped in the Marketplace now. I would jump on that.

sparta.rising · #12 Post by **sparta.rising** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:35 pm

Sounds like you don't have the right video driver installed

TOOSLO · #13 Post by **TOOSLO** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:24 pm

its all "stock" oem havent changed anything

TOOSLO · #14 Post by **TOOSLO** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:47 pm

well i updated the driver and its all good now .....
but i cant use the lower button to scroll...lol

#15 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:05 pm

Install the trackpoint driver.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 57669.html

TOOSLO · #16 Post by **TOOSLO** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:45 pm

well now if i leave it one for a while and come back the mouse freezes...i can use keys and what not just not the mouse but if i put it sleep and then wake it up the mouse works again....how do i stop this ?

#17 Post by **Harryc** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:21 pm

You may want to consider starting a new thread for each new problem, or should I just change the name of this thread to TOOLSLO'S PROBLEMS' , and we'll just use it for the next 10 years

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