T43 BooT

Hello,
Im trying to do a bench boot of a t43 with the ati 300 video chipset and the finger print reader. Im trying to just boot the motherboard to a external video. What im wondering is what is need to just turn on the motherboard other than ram, processor power and keyboard? Also how much ram is needed to boot im trying to boot with 256mb right now and the machine wont turn on.
All components are known to be functional.

jseymr, welcome to the forum,
by not booting; do you mean you are getting nothing displayed? Also, does the fan spin up? Is the RAM known to be compatible with T43? Any beep codes? Ifeel you probably would have mentioned these, if, but felt it might be worth asking just in case.
Sorry for all the questions, but the forum needs to be fed with information.
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T43 doesn't boot

Hello everybody,
I have T43 model 2668-CTO S/N XXXXX. Yesterday my T43 stopped to boot. The problem is: when I switch on power through power cable (battery removed) and laptop is starting to boot I hear following beeps: three short beeps pause one short beep pause four short beeps pause three short beeps and LCD is blank and black. I've read a lot of troubleshooting manuals and haven't found anything about this problem. Could you tell me what is it and how to solve it? If you have any contact phones of Lenovo support in Cyprus please inform me. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks a lot. Today I replaced DIMM with new one. And problem was solved. Now my T43 boots and works perfectly.

Nuked T43! Need Recovery boot partition CD

It seems that this is what I need based upon my research. Bought nuked (DBAN) T43. Purchased R&R from Lenovo, but cannot recover and re-install system. Get error messages. Does this sound correct? Can anyone help with T43 boot partition CD?....or must I call Lenovo Customer Service ($$$$$). Thanks for reading and trying to help me.

Three possible issues:
a) Defective or improperly formatted hard drive. Download PC-Doctor for DOS, burn a CD, boot from it, run all HDD diagnostics. If the drive proves good, do a full erase on it.
b) Bad media drive. Try swapping with another, or use an external drive.
c) Improperly burned CD.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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T43 still can't clone hard disk and boot

I have a T43, 1871-WKL, with a 60G HD. I purchased a 160G Samsung HM160HC as an upgrade. I cannot get the system to clone and boot the new drive.
I hook up the new Samsung drive with a Sabrent USB to IDE cable and the drive works fine. I can use it for storage with no problem. Doing a full format with verify works like a champ.
First I tried Acronis TrueImage 10.0. It tells me the target media has write errors about 4% into the clone.
So I tried Clonezilla. It works fine, either as the same size or expanding. I and see the drive and copy stuff on and off the drive no problem.
However, when I insert the drive into the carrier for the internal drive and try to boot from it, it hangs with a blank screen and blinking cursor.
I was TOLD that it MAY be due to the fact I have no R&R on my drive. So I download the R&R software and installed in on the original drive and cloned it. Again, it won't boot. I even tried booting the R&R rescue CD. It will boot the CD with the ORIGINAL drive in the laptop, but the CD Boot hangs if I have the new drive in the laptop.
I tried it with the Acronis rescue disk as well, even though I didn't have an Acronis clone of the drive.
I must have swapped out the drive over a dozen times, and I getting tired of wearing out the mounting screws. Any ideas?
Mike

Mike, welcome to the forum,
you need to firstly create an Acronis rescue disc and then reverse clone. Install the new drive as primary in your T43 and your original drive in the USB caddy / USB -> IDE cable and then simply clone the drive.
Please see the following article in the forum Knowledgebase; Cloning Hard Drive Including The Predesktop Area With Acronis
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T43 – Model 1871-FU1: Will not boot with blank screen. Only Fan is running. Any ideas?

T43 – Model 1871-FU1: Will not boot with blank screen. Only Fan is running. Any ideas?
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What lead_org is referring to is commonly known as "re-balling" which involves unsoldering the Southbridge chip from the planar, replacing all (6-700) solder balls with new ones and then re-attaching it under heat/pressure.
This is the place that you need:
http://www.theboardroom.info/index.html
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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T43 with BSOD followed by inability to boot into windowsXP...please help

I have a T43 2686 that is experiencing BSOD (memory dump) periodically. After the BSOD, the computer restarts then the following message shows in the dos screen, not yet booting to XP. (some lines abbreviated, as shown)
I am usually able to get it booting to windows after leaving the computer off for a few hours. Does anyone know what is wrong? Please help.
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broadcom undi pxe-2.1 v7.7.5
copyright (abbreviated line)
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all rights reserved
broadcom base code pxe-2.1 v.1.0.1
copyright (abbreviated line)
copyright (abbreviated line)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.
Operating System not found
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T43 - Hangs on boot-up screen

Dear all,
I have a 2668-45G Thinkpad T43 which just doesn't boot anymore. This laptop wasn't booted or charged for a long time before I got it. Warranty has run out just 1,5 months ago.
Exact description:
- Pressing Power-On button results to start-up the notebook. Boot-up screen is shown and nothing else happens.
- No reaction if I press the "Access IBM" button or F1 at all. I cannot enter BIOS, nor is there any other reaction (no beeps, no error message, no num-lock-light switching).
Hard drive is turning, CD-ROM is preparing.
What did I try so far:
- Take out battery and AC-cable, pressed power-on button 10 times for a longer time. Then I plugged the AC cable in and pushed F1 during power-on. Sometimes I come to the startup menu. But only rarely. And if I get there, again no reaction on key pressing.
- I opened the laptop, if there is any visible problem. There isn't. After opening and closing, I could once switch to the BIOS, but there was no reaction to any further key pressing. So I could not reset the BIOS to some default state.
- The laptops beeps though if I remove the memory module.
What can I do now?
Please help me.
Best regards
Laurence
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Another shot in the dark...can you swap the CMOS battery with one from your R50?
If we don't have a BIOS that is messed-up (which is an unfortunate option) sheer persistance and attention to small details might get us somewhere...
My knowledge is really of little use right now, as is my experience. Personally, I'd keep the HD out, along with battery, wireless and BT cards and keep attempting to get it to boot in different intervals...not much science there, but that's the best I've got right now, I might be smarter a little later...or never...
Also, applying permanent pressure of a light nature on the spot where keyboard enters the planar as in couple of bent "post-it" sheets might be worth considering...
Good luck and keep us posted.
Cheers,
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T43 Need to activate Security Chip after every boot

Hi!
I have a TP T43 - model 2668 K6G. My problem is that I have to activate the Security Chip in the Client Security application (8.20.0023.00). Thus I have to boot and then reboot to get up and running. I use the Password Manager so I need the Security Chip to be activated.
Hope to get help soon :-)
Best regards
/Erik

Security chip is "married" to the board it came with in the first place, and hence not replaceable.
You can safely junk that planar.
Cheers,
George
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T43 Type 2687-DUU Windows XP Won't boot?

A friend has a Thinkpad T43, Type 2687-DUU running Windows XP Professional (SP3). Night before last he finished using his Thinkpad and shut the lid. Next day he opened the lid. He turned the computer on but it would not boot. He saw the Win XPPro logo and then saw a blue screen but it disappared too fast to read anything. It just would not complete opening Windows XP.
This computer is out of warranty.
He called Thinkpad support and tried to get them to send him a system restore disk or rescue and recovery disk. They told him they don't have any. They suggested he send the Thinkpad in for a repair estimate and told him it could cost as much as $575. He can't see spending anywhere near that since the computer is probably not worth more than $200 now.
Can any suggest some way for him to get this machine to boot without a Windows XP disk, system restore disk, or rescue and recovery disk?
Is there some key combination he can press when he turns on the machine that will help?
Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
John

Press F8 to boot into the Safe Mode, and/or restore the system to an earlier point in time.
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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T43 does not boot, must remove battery and try again.

T43
2686-E7U
My computer frequently will not turn on, requiring me to take out the ac and the main and ultrabay batteries, sit around for a while, and try again and again. This never fails to start the computer eventually, but i'm also afraid one day it simply will not start. Currently i've decided not to turn off my computer, I just suspend and restart it from time to time. Stability wise it is solid, but i'd like to get this fixed before my warranty expires and I don't want to be long without my computer. This has been an ongoing problem for most of this year.
I no longer have a working windows partition, I run ubuntu, so i'd rather not have to mess with reinstalling the bios unless it really might fix my problem. Current bios information is
Bios version 1.29 (1YET65WW) 8-21-2006
Embedded controller 1.06
Typical sequence looks like this.
Computer is turned off, and unplugged after a normal shutdown.
I plug in the AC adapter to the computer, and after a few seconds the green battery light comes on.
I press the power button, the computer does not turn on, and the battery/power light turns off.
Even when I release the power button the battery light remains off.
Next step is to remove the AC and my two batteries, wait for a while, plug it back and and cross my fingers. If does not turn on, goto step 1 and repeat.
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Welcome to the forum.
I'm wondering what happens if you leave the batteries disconnected and power up the system. If one of your batteries is very dead it might cause those problems. It could be the mother board.
Someone recommended a memory test. PC Doctor is available at the lenovo site. It will also test you hard drive. Also http://www.memtest86.com.
Good luck.
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T43 Will not boot. Only Fan is running. Blank screen Any ideas?

Will not boot and blank screen. Only Fan is running. Blank screen Any ideas?
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if you connect an external screen does anything appears?
this is most likely a GPU failure.
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Fan Error message on T43 after replacing it.

I have a T43 (2687-DVU) that received a Fan Error at boot up. I replaced it with a new fan (am sure it is correct fru) and the fan is working fine. The temperatures are also fine on the unit (I can hear the fan, feel it blow out heat - bottom line the fan is working). I have reseated the unit a few times - made sure thermal paste is correct - connector to motherboard is connected (otherwise the fan will not work). I can ESC to bypass the error and run what appears normally. I don't think I have a fan error, except in the mind of a deranged motherboard, perhaps. I have 2 pronged question to throw out.
Would eveyone agree that this probably a motherboard problem or a fuse on the motherboard problem?
Secondly, since the unit is out of warranty, would you bother to replace the motherboard,or would you just hit the escape key and live with it. ( I know this is just an opinion in most regards, but just wondering if it's worth fixing just to avoid a keystroke at boot time).
Thanks

I'd be guessing something along the lines of a thermal sensor gone haywire.
If the machine were mine, I'd run it until it dies and then swap the planar if the rest of the laptop is still in good shape. But it's your ThinkPad.
My $0.02 only...
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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Solaris 10 installation problem on IBM Thinkpad - T43

Dear All,
I have a major problem while installing Solaris 10 on my IBM T43 Laptop. Here is my problem:
- I boot from Solaris 10 DVD
- I select the option "Solaris" from the grub menu
- I get 6 installation options
1. Solaris interactive(Default)
2. Custom jumpstart
3. Solaris interactive text(desktop session)
4. Solaris interactive console
5. Driver update
6. Single user shell
- I select option 1(solaris interactive)
- After some processing, I get the "proposed configuration" screen, and an option to accept/reject it.
- I reject the proposed configuration and, as a result enter the "kdmconfig" wizard.
- After this screen, I tried selecting various resolutions, but no matter, I get a blank screen in place of the graphical installation wizard after quitting kdmconfig.
As a result, I am never given a chance to install solaris at all. Can anyone you please dig me out of this hole?
Regards,
Thejasvi V

after some time a console login came with no graphics
I logged in with root and password everything went ok
but still no graphics was there then console
automatically tried to lunch the x windows by giving
message starting x login in display 0x...... butWhile you still have no graphics type, /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d as fast as you can and press enter. This will prevent the GUI from starting. Then type kdmconfig and set your parameters. Then use the "test" button to see if the settings that you chose actually do anything. If they just result in a blank screen or a system freeze, then head over to Linux Laptops and search for your Laptop brand.
Most of the systems on that site have thier X.org configuration online available for viewing. This will help guide you to setting up your graphics/monitor on your system.
alan
after that my monitor screen got blanked and I had to
restart my pc, I tried 3-4 times but still its not
supporting the display of my monitor and also I am
not able to find the settings to change the display.
Please help me ...
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Battery and power issues in T43

Hi!
I have a 2005 Think pad T43, that for the last month won't charge the battery. It is connected and the battery indicator light is on, but the battery keeps going down when plugged in to AC adapter. It was able to charge when I reset the battery soon after I first noticed this problem, but after that was finished, the problem remains. I then proceeded to use my computer with the battery removed and connected to the AC adapter. This worked for about 2-3 weeks until it suddenly turned off without warning. I turned it back on, it started to boot, then turned off again. I tried putting the battery back in, which succeeded in booting my computer, but then the battery died. I tried taking out the battery, unpluging it, and holding down the power button, but that did not help. My computer would turn on for a few seconds each time I turned it on, then would turn off. Now, it won't turn on at all, not even an indicator light. When the battery is in and it is plugged in, the battery indicator light is on. My battery and AC adapter are about a year old.
I really don't want to buy a new computer but realize I might have to if I can't inexpensively fix this one. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
-Laura
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I have the same problem.
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How to restore Thinkpad T43 or R52 using rescue and recovery CD's

The genuine IBM Recovery CD Set will re-install your ThinkPad T43 or R52 (listed types only) with the original pre-load factory software, including Windows XP Professional with a legal, valid license, and all the original IBM Drivers and applications.
1. Set your Laptop to Boot From the CDROM Drive.
IT MAY ALREADY BE set to boot from CD if a bootable disc is in the drive so try and see if it does first with the disc labed 'rescue and recovery'. If it does then just skip to step 2. If it does not then you will have to enter the computers BIOS setup to tell it to.
NOTE: When in the BIOS SETUP DONT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE if you are not absolutely sure what you are changing.
ACCESSING THE BIOS:
During startup at the first screen (says "IBM Thinkpad") press F12 then F1 to enter the bios setup program.
Use keys to navigate to 'startup' then to 'boot'. Press enter and following instructions in the right hand panel move the items to make your CD or DVD drive (Atapi CD0) AHEAD of your main hard drive (IDE HDD0). It doesn't matter if 'legacy floppy or USB are ahead of either of them if they are not connected. PRESS F-10 TO SAVE AND EXIT the bios setup program.
2.Restart the computer with the first disc i.e. Rescue and Recovery CD already in the drive. The recovery program will come up. A smaller window will come up.
3.Follow the on screen prompts.
Choose to restore to Factory Specifications to Install OS, Applications and Drivers
At some point it may ask if there is a supplemental disk. This is the one that says 'Lenovo'.
4.Follow on screen prompts (i.e. insert disk 1)
5.The prompts will continue to ask for the discs in numbered order.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen to restore laptop to factory settings
7. Do not boot directly to the hard drive until the entire recovery process is complete i.e until you have used all the recovery cds for the set.
8. During the recovery process the computer will reboot multiple times. Do not do anything to interrupt the process unless you are asked to insert any specific disk.
AT THE END:
Promps may ask for the supplemental disc again, follow the on screen prompts.
Computer will restart, you may see the original recovery screen. BE PATIENT, The files still have to expand. You may not see any prompts for a couple of minutes.
SOMETIMES: (I dont know why)
After loading all the discs and after it takes you to the recovery program if nothing happens AFTER A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME, BE PATIENT, remove all discs and click on restore factory contents AGAIN. It will expand all the files (takes a while) and restore your system.
Afterwards computer will restart multiple times as it continues to load windows, programs and drivers. Follow all the on screen prompts until it is done.
Once everything is done go to microsoft (All Programs > Windows update) and load all new service packs and updates.
Partially taken from the internet and written for a customer. Tried and tested. PLEASE ADD TO KNOWLEDGEBASE.
NOTE: instructions may also be valid for other Model Thinkpads.

NNNNN wrote:
SOMETIMES: (I dont know why)
After loading all the discs and after it takes you to the recovery program if nothing happens AFTER A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME, BE PATIENT, remove all discs and click on restore factory contents AGAIN. It will expand all the files (takes a while) and restore your system.
IIRC this was the normal recovery/restore procedure for older ThinkPads. First the recovery image is installed, then the machine reboots to Rescue and Recovery to use that image to restore the rest of the hard drive. User input is required at that point to select restore.
Newer machines combine both operations.
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