IBM ThinkPad T42 Notebook Logo
Sabarinath Aravindakshan
Sabarinath Aravindakshan Posted on May 22, 2007
Answered by a Fixya Expert

Trustworthy Expert Solutions

At Fixya.com, our trusted experts are meticulously vetted and possess extensive experience in their respective fields. Backed by a community of knowledgeable professionals, our platform ensures that the solutions provided are thoroughly researched and validated.

View Our Top Experts

Monitor blanks out / Laptop restarts

My laptop stays on for a few minutes and then the monitor seems to blank out. Only the battery(coz its plugged in) and the the one next to it ..the z symbol stays on. Dont know if it is a particular mode that it goes into..or something else is wrong..Any ideas?

Answer This Question
  • Sabarinath Aravindakshan May 24, 2007

    The problem seems to be the connection of the keyboard/mouse with the motherboard. When i use another mouse and keyboard connected to the laptop, it seems to be working fine.

×

2 Answers

Anonymous

Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points
MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.
Governor:

An expert whose answer got voted for 20 times.
Hot-Shot:

An expert who has answered 20 questions.

  • Expert 57 Answers
  • Posted on Jan 13, 2012
Anonymous
Expert
Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points
MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.
Governor:

An expert whose answer got voted for 20 times.
Hot-Shot:

An expert who has answered 20 questions.

Joined: Jun 14, 2009
Answers
57
Questions
1
Helped
28354
Points
140

I have had the same issue with many IBM T4x series laptops. THE PROBLEM: BAD SOLDER ON THE VIDEO CHIP. SOLUTION: RE-FLO VIDEO CHIP
This is a way to test the Video Chip:
START WITH UNIT POWERED DOWN AND UNPLUGGED
1) remove the keyboard screws then lift up the keyboard enough to reach the video chip. DO NOT DIS-CONECT THE KEYBOARD FROM THE MOTHERBOARD2) Connect the power supply. Reach in and apply pressure to the video chip with one finger.3) As you continue to apply pressure to the video chip press the power on button to boot the laptop.If you SEE VIDEO on the screen while you are applying pressure and DO NOT SEE VIDEO when you remove pressure, the solder is bad on the video chip and will need re-flo.Search Google for "repair solder on IBM video chip" to see You Tube clips of how to re-flo IBM Video Chip.

Anonymous

Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points
MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.
Governor:

An expert whose answer got voted for 20 times.
Scholar:

An expert who has written 20 answers of more than 400 characters.

  • Expert 125 Answers
  • Posted on May 22, 2007
Anonymous
Expert
Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points
MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.
Governor:

An expert whose answer got voted for 20 times.
Scholar:

An expert who has written 20 answers of more than 400 characters.

Joined: May 04, 2007
Answers
125
Questions
0
Helped
56615
Points
198

Z mean sleep or power save. Try to go to the power option in the control panel and turn off all energy saving options (monitor, harddisk, computer). It this works, you can leave the setting as is or you can adjust it accordig to your preference (ie, in battery mode turn off the monitor in 15 minutes...

  • Anonymous May 24, 2007

    There is a very small switch near the keyboard that is activated when you close the screen. The action of the switch is programmable in the power management utility.

    Maybe this little switch is activated when you are using the keyboard. By default, when you close the LCD the computer will go to sleep mode to prevent overheating when the LCD is closed.

    What you can do is go again to the power management utility and disable the action of this switch. You will find a text that say 'action when the LCD is closed. The options are hibernate or sleep, power off, or do nothing. Thry to set to do nothing and observe the result.

×

Ad

Add Your Answer

×

Uploading: 0%

my-video-file.mp4

Complete. Click "Add" to insert your video. Add

×

Loading...
Loading...

Related Questions:

0helpful
1answer

( Dell xps m1530 laptop ) Monitor blank, powers up but screen won't come on.
It ISN'T the LCD screen. Since you diagnosed with an external VGA monitor, you now know the problem is the laptop.

(When you connect an external VGA monitor to a laptop, you are bypassing the Video Cable, and LCD screen. You are connected directly to the laptop )

The basic Windows files aren't being found. The boot files. This may mean a bad Harddrive.

Do you have the Restoration CD Disk? Laptop on insert it into the optical drive tray, close the tray.
When asked choose - Repair. (Non-Destructive Installation)

If a checkdisk is done, you have bad sectors on the harddrive.
There IS a special procedure in replacing a harddrive.

[ More information on Harddrives,

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm ]

Regards,
joecoolvette
Read full answer
Feb 26, 2012 • Dell XPS M1530 Laptop
0helpful
2answers

Broken screen, external monitor via VGA won't
Press "Fn+F7" once, wait a few seconds, and press it again, to "cycle" through all the possibilities (LCD-only, VGA-only, both).

Try the monitor with some other computer (desktop or laptop) to see if the monitor works at all.

Restart your computer -- does the initial "splash" screen (showing CPU speed and RAM-test) show? Does the "Windows" screen (with the crawling worm) show on the external monitor?
Read full answer
Nov 16, 2009 • Lenovo 3000 N500 Notebook
0helpful
1answer

Laptop freezes with blank screen, backlight stays on.
Try to reinstall ur windows
Read full answer
Sep 13, 2009 • HP Pavilion dv5000z Notebook
1helpful
1answer

Monitor goes blank
Try restarting the computer in Safe Mode and then check. In case it flickers in Safe Mode too, then the LCD screen might be damaged and you might need to replace it.
Read full answer
Aug 08, 2009 • Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook
1helpful
2answers

Blank screen upon startup
Try taking out the hard disk, plug in power and see if you have a display on your screen or external monitor. if same thing happen, try taking out the memory card. If you hear a beep sound it's a faulty mem. card, if no beep sound appears I suspected it's a motherboard faulty.
Read full answer
May 31, 2009 • Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Notebook
0helpful
1answer

Blank Laptop Screen
unplug everything from your laptop unplug the power from the laptop close it and turn it over remover the battery open and hold the on button(battery is still removed) for a 10 count, replace the battery
turn on you can plug the power cord if needed the prob. should be fixed
Read full answer
Dec 26, 2008 • Gateway MX6956 Notebook
1helpful
1answer

Toshiba Satellite blank screen
its a inverter circuit fault.
Read full answer
Oct 25, 2008 • Toshiba Satellite P25-S507 Notebook
0helpful
1answer

Whilst using my computer the monitor went blank. I turned the monitor off and back on. It stayed on for less than a second before going blank again. There was power to the monitor. I left it for a few...
can u boot into the safe mode and see if the monitor will work cause it sounds like to me that you either have a driver that is failing or the monitor is failing
Read full answer
Aug 18, 2008 • HP Computers & Internet
0helpful
1answer

Blank monitor
Try this.

Turn the computer off.

Press F8 on the keyboard and select safe mode.

See if the monitor is corrected with that process and restart windows in the normal mode.
Read full answer
Jun 11, 2008 • Gateway 310S (2900621) PC Desktop
0helpful
1answer

Fujitsu c series labtop screen goes blank, the hooked up to a monitor, starts to work then says out of frequence and goes blank
The video resolution and/or frequency that's set in windows is not supported by the monitor you have plugged in. Restart the PC in VGA mode (hit F8 after the BIOS messages but before any Windows messages) and change the video settings to something basic, such as 800 x 600 @ 60 Hz. Then restart the machine normally.
Read full answer
Jan 21, 2008 • Fujitsu LifeBook C6555 Notebook
Not finding what you are looking for?

View Most Popular

ThinkPad T42 Notebook

  • Computers & Internet

Related Question

( Dell xps m1530 laptop ) Monitor blank, powers up but screen won't come on.

  • Dell XPS M1530 Laptop

Related Topics

217 views

Ask a Question

Usually answered in minutes!

Popular Questions

My asus laptop wireless switch does not work

IBM ThinkPad T40 2373 Notebook

Ibm thinkpad t42 switch for wireless network

IBM ThinkPad T42 Notebook

DRIVER REQUIRED FOR rELIANCE DATA CARD MODEL MC315+

IBM ThinkPad R40 2722 Notebook

How do you repair a keyboard button that has popped off

IBM ThinkPad T42 Notebook

Dell latitude d620 bios password removal

IBM ThinkPad T43 Notebook

Check Out the Mobile Browsers Report
Check Out the Mobile Browsers Report

View all Fixya Reports

Top IBM Computers & Internet Experts

Brad Brown

Level 3 Expert

19187 Answers

Grand Canyon Tech
Grand Canyon Tech

Level 3 Expert

3867 Answers

ExpressFiX
ExpressFiX

Level 2 Expert

691 Answers

Are you an IBM Computer and Internet Expert? Answer questions, earn points and help others

Answer questions

Manuals & User Guides

Loading...