IBM Thinkpad boot problem

I was changing the screen inverter not realizing that the laptop was on. When I disconected the inverter the laptop shut off and now It will not boot. It will turn on for about 3 seconds but then it will shut off. When connected to an external monitot it workd fine. I changed the inverter but still shuts off. Any suggestions. Thanks

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Get a new inverter. You shorted-out the one that you had while trying to replace it while on. A new one is necessary now. Make sure the power's off, the battery's out and you're grounded to something.

Posted on Jun 15, 2007

Anonymous Jul 07, 2007

If you could email directly, rather than through the "YixYa.com" method, I think it would be a better way to communicate with me in regards to getting this figured out...
If you could email me at [email protected], I think we can get this thing working for ya. I'll be at a conferemce today (July 7th) until 3pm, and will get to finding your resolution regarding your issue repair. Replacing the inverter was the first order in the steps of repair.
Don't worryw, WE WILL get this figured out!

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