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Shikaku
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7. August 2007 @ 12:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yesterday my brother handed me this laptop and basically said, "fix it." All I know about it is that its a Intel Pentium 3, 2 sticks of ram (128 and 256 mb), and a 20 gig Hitachi hdd. Here's the problem, I go to push the power button, nothing happens. When I plug in the power cord, the battery light flashes then stays a solid yellow/orange color. I push the power button again, the battery light goes off, flickers, and then returns to the solid yellow/orange. I do not hear the harddrive spin, fans going, or anything. I have no clue what the problem could be. A bad battery? Bad motherboard? the small motherboard battery? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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7. August 2007 @ 23:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, a bad battery or battery board is my first suspicion.



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8. August 2007 @ 01:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Take the battery out and try it with just the mains adapter plugged in could be the battery is duff and stealing all the power

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Shikaku
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8. August 2007 @ 05:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I removed the battery, but it still won't start up. There's the one green LED for accessing the harddrive, that blinks once and does nothing.
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8. August 2007 @ 08:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
remove the hd using this link.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.w...cid=MIGR-4PEHK4
check this link on how to remove various parts.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.w...ocid=MIGR-45956
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Shikaku
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25. August 2007 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried replacing the hard drive and it still won't start up. I want to try the motherboard battery next, but I don't know how. Anybody know any sites I can go to for this information?
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