T61p Beeps at Startup

[bluenote78]

Hi Folks,

I have a new T61p running Vista Business that now beeps - one long and two short - each time I start it up.

I know this error means that the BIOS - version 2.21 (7LETC1WW) - isn't happy... although for now at least the machine does boot up. I ran the Lenovo PC-Doctor Diagnostics and discovered that in the Parallel Port Test Category, the Command and Data Port LPT 1 failed.

I don't believe I have a hardware problem, so plan to simply update the BIOS when a new version is available, hoping that will solve the problem. Does anyone have a suggestion... or perhaps a solution?

Thanks!

Jeff

[barrywohl]

Try this page:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 46018.html

I think it is hardware.

[bluenote78]

As mentioned, I ran the comprehensive Lenovo PC-Doctor, and identified the problem: Command and Data Port LPT 1 failed. This failure is consistent with the beep code of one long and two short beeps that I receive at startup.

Unfortunately, I don't know precisely what this all means, so I called Lenovo support, but was not at all impressed with the technical knowledge of the person I spoke to, so I'm left guessing as to what could be going on.

I used Diskeeper's Boot-time Defrag prior to the occurence of this problem and am now wondering if this process corrupted my boot manager, even though I performed a chkdsk first.

Any suggestions are much appreciated!

Jeff

[asianboyztn]

Beep and no beep symptoms


http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-46018

[bluenote78]

thanks for the beep info.

what's interesting is that these codes refer to a problem (e.g. blank or unreadable LCD). my machine is beeping upon startup, but otherwise works fine!