Reinhard Zwirner wrote:

Hello,

I don't know if it's okay to ask here for help with the repair of a
notebook. Therefore please don't hesitate to tell me the right ng.

The T21 notebook (2647-67G, 20 GB, 512 MB) will sometimes not boot up
after status bar reaches 80% on Win2K boot screen (latest SP). The
motherboard completely freezes, no mouse, no Think light, no Num Lock.
You have to switch it off by pressing the power button for several
seconds. Sometimes it will work when powered up a second time,
sometimes you have to try several times until it works.

Could it be that this is sort of the so called "Blink Of Death" (BOD)
syndrome? See

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=45325

Unfortunately nobody in this forum has found a reliable solution for
the problem till today.

Does any of you experts here know the answer for my 64,000 $ question?

CU

Reinhard
Bad battery?
Some units must have a good battery, they won't run on just the power
supply alone.
from what your telling us here, it may appear that you successfully
get enough charge in the battery after several tries to get it started.
do you leave the cord alive into the laptop while not in use to
maintain the battery?


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