X220 - no post and green light around power button flashes every 3 - 4 second
We bought around 40 of these X220 I5 before xmas and now more than 20 of them have failed. The company we bought them from tried everything but they ended up switching the mainboard on the first two that failed.
We were told it was a batch issue with the serial number R9-HNXXX and now all of those are changed into T420. But today we had the same problem with serial number R9-HXXXX that was bought two weeks earlier and with different config - I7 and SSD. All of them with the same problem that is described in subject. Are there any known batch issues?
The problem is not with the tablet version and sorry for posting in the wrong forum.
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Thanks - interesting experiences. Could you each send me a private message with any additional details including the model type and serial number of the units? We can look into this.
Also, as the discussion continues, please include more details about what BIOS version you are running, any updates that were recently applied, etc. Please also describe the symptoms - does everyone have the blinking power indicator?
If you reset by pulling the battery & AC and pressing and holding power button several times for several seconds, then re-attaching AC, does the system restart? No video? Any beeps?
Lastly, if you are seeing a high percentage of failures of your install base, please contact your account rep so that we can get the right level of resource involved to help resolve this. If you have a single system, please call service if you are unable to reset the system.
Thanks!
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