Dead Thinkpad T42

[blanham]

Hi all,

I seem to have bricked my Thinkpad T42. I made a few changes in the BIOS, and saved the settings. Now when I turn it on, all I get is the 1-3-3-1 beep.

I remember removing the supervisor password, and changing the default display to the internal LCD, maybe one or two others.

Is there anyway to force a BIOS clear? (I have already tried pulling the CMOS battery for 30 minutes or so.)

[Harryc]

Reseat or replace your RAM. Try one module at a time in each slot to isolate component failures.

[blanham]

Well, it turned out the ram was bad. The T42 booted with different ram, and the old ram kept another machine from booting. Weird that it failed during a reboot, I was sure that something had happened to the planar. Now to ebay to buy new ram.

[Harryc]

If it smells like RAM, sounds like RAM, tastes like RAM...