t43 won't start

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t43 won't start

#1 Post by Whisky » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:51 am

Hello,

I was browsing internet with my t43 few minutes ago when I got the blue screen of death. It said something about windows error, and then it rebooted. Now when I try start it, nothing happens after the bios splash screen, there is just one "-" blinking in the left corner. What can I do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: t43 won't start

#2 Post by sarbin » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:33 am

can you boot into bios?
if so, does it show a hard drive identifier on the startup/boot order menu?
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Re: t43 won't start

#3 Post by ZaZ » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:45 am

Lenovo offers a bootable diagnostic disc where you can test the hardware. You could try a Linux disc too to see if you can get it to boot.
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