used IBM pentium II Thinkpad.



When I plug in the power cord the amber light on the hing starts
flashing.

I turn on the power and the little green lights flash, the screen
lights up and the thinkpad logo appears.

One beep and then the computer shuts down.

It had booted normaly yesterday.

Its my college daughters computer and although I've worked on many,
many desktops, This is my first problem with a laptop
Computer was used all last year with no problem.


Any advice on where to start troubleshooting  would be greatly
appreciated.


Thanks

Steve

"Pop" <sriv@attbi.com> wrote in message
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> used IBM pentium II Thinkpad.
>
>
>
> When I plug in the power cord the amber light on the hing starts
> flashing.
>
> I turn on the power and the little green lights flash, the screen
> lights up and the thinkpad logo appears.
>
> One beep and then the computer shuts down.
>
> It had booted normaly yesterday.
>
> Its my college daughters computer and although I've worked on many,
> many desktops, This is my first problem with a laptop
> Computer was used all last year with no problem.
>
>
> Any advice on where to start troubleshooting  would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve

Try taking the battery out and then using AC only. The flashing amber
indicates a problem with charging the battery.
-- 
Dave Ware

I took the battery out and it runs fine on AC power. Sounds like the battery
is dead? I but the battery back in and I had the same problem. The screen
lights up a short beep and it shuts down.


I'll look into a new battery.

My next problem is trying to get the drivers for the USB mass media device.
I'm trying to hook up my digital camera. (fuji finpix) Its looking for an
..INF file I believe. I tried downloading what looked right but no luck. Will
this be a file from IBM or for Win 2000???

Thanks, going on vacation and I want to use it to download pics onto.


Steve


"Anonymous Jack" <alordofchaos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> ""dhware" <dhware@cox.net> wrote in message
news:<ShIRa.16793$o54.13517@lakeread05>...
> >
> > Try taking the battery out and then using AC only. The flashing amber
> > indicates a problem with charging the battery.
>
> The flashing light means the battery needs a charge (or is dead) but
> the laptop shouldn't shut off while the AC is plugged in, even if the
> battery is dead. Does this happen only when you are trying to run it
> off the battery?
>
> What model is it?  You should be able to find it on the back - four
> digits followed by three characters (i.e., 2640-70U, etc).  You should
> be able to download the hardware maintenance manual from IBM's website
> with that info.  I'll email you the HMM for the 560x (PDF) to get you
> started.
>
> Is it a long beep or short beep?  Any other symptoms, error codes?
> Assuming that you have this problem with the laptop on AC power (not
> battery), one beep and a blank, unreadable, or flashing LCD and the
> manual suggests as possible problems:
> 1. Reseat the LCD connector.
> 2. LCD assembly.
> 3. System board.
>
> Lithium-ion batteries need special care.  I've read that they are only
> good for 300-1,000 charge cycles regardless of how much the battery
> needs to be charged(most agree on 500-600 cycles) and that the battery
> should be removed when running on AC power.  The Thinkpad will
> recharge the battery once it goes below 95 percent, and charging the
> battery from 94 percent up to 100 percent counts as one of the
> charges.

Steve,
The driver will most likely be one from Fuji. Try going to their site and
looking under support for Win2K drivers.
--
Dave Ware

"Steve" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
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> I took the battery out and it runs fine on AC power. Sounds like the
battery
> is dead? I but the battery back in and I had the same problem. The screen
> lights up a short beep and it shuts down.
>
>
> I'll look into a new battery.
>
> My next problem is trying to get the drivers for the USB mass media
device.
> I'm trying to hook up my digital camera. (fuji finpix) Its looking for an
> .INF file I believe. I tried downloading what looked right but no luck.
Will
> this be a file from IBM or for Win 2000???
>
> Thanks, going on vacation and I want to use it to download pics onto.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> "Anonymous Jack" <alordofchaos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cf889346.0307180640.3c845758@posting.google.com...
> > ""dhware" <dhware@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:<ShIRa.16793$o54.13517@lakeread05>...
> > >
> > > Try taking the battery out and then using AC only. The flashing amber
> > > indicates a problem with charging the battery.
> >
> > The flashing light means the battery needs a charge (or is dead) but
> > the laptop shouldn't shut off while the AC is plugged in, even if the
> > battery is dead. Does this happen only when you are trying to run it
> > off the battery?
> >
> > What model is it?  You should be able to find it on the back - four
> > digits followed by three characters (i.e., 2640-70U, etc).  You should
> > be able to download the hardware maintenance manual from IBM's website
> > with that info.  I'll email you the HMM for the 560x (PDF) to get you
> > started.
> >
> > Is it a long beep or short beep?  Any other symptoms, error codes?
> > Assuming that you have this problem with the laptop on AC power (not
> > battery), one beep and a blank, unreadable, or flashing LCD and the
> > manual suggests as possible problems:
> > 1. Reseat the LCD connector.
> > 2. LCD assembly.
> > 3. System board.
> >
> > Lithium-ion batteries need special care.  I've read that they are only
> > good for 300-1,000 charge cycles regardless of how much the battery
> > needs to be charged(most agree on 500-600 cycles) and that the battery
> > should be removed when running on AC power.  The Thinkpad will
> > recharge the battery once it goes below 95 percent, and charging the
> > battery from 94 percent up to 100 percent counts as one of the
> > charges.
>
>

Anomymous Jack

I've looked on the Internet via Google for a maintenance manual for a
Thinkpad 770 and can't find the IBM site you mention. Can you list the
site data so I can find please.

Big John

On 18 Jul 2003 07:40:04 -0700, alordofchaos@yahoo.com (Anonymous Jack)
wrote:

>""dhware" <dhware@cox.net> wrote in message news:<ShIRa.16793$o54.13517@lakeread05>...
>> 
>> Try taking the battery out and then using AC only. The flashing amber
>> indicates a problem with charging the battery.
>
>The flashing light means the battery needs a charge (or is dead) but
>the laptop shouldn't shut off while the AC is plugged in, even if the
>battery is dead. Does this happen only when you are trying to run it
>off the battery?
>
>What model is it?  You should be able to find it on the back - four
>digits followed by three characters (i.e., 2640-70U, etc).  You should
>be able to download the hardware maintenance manual from IBM's website
>with that info.  I'll email you the HMM for the 560x (PDF) to get you
>started.
>
>Is it a long beep or short beep?  Any other symptoms, error codes?
>Assuming that you have this problem with the laptop on AC power (not
>battery), one beep and a blank, unreadable, or flashing LCD and the
>manual suggests as possible problems:
>1. Reseat the LCD connector.
>2. LCD assembly.
>3. System board.
>
>Lithium-ion batteries need special care.  I've read that they are only
>good for 300-1,000 charge cycles regardless of how much the battery
>needs to be charged(most agree on 500-600 cycles) and that the battery
>should be removed when running on AC power.  The Thinkpad will
>recharge the battery once it goes below 95 percent, and charging the
>battery from 94 percent up to 100 percent counts as one of the
>charges.