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Posted on Sep 05, 2017

Good Morning, I have a Lenovo T-60 laptop. The last couple of weeks, when it is cold, when I push the power up switch the hard drive goes on as well as the circle with the Z illuminates but nothing else happens. I must cycle the computer numerous times then finally it boots up. It then works fine after that. Is the video card going bad? Please offer any suggestions. John M

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Sounds like your hard drive is having trouble loading and may have damaged sectors. I would consider getting a new drive and backing up all needed inform from that t-60 asap before it cost you more money and time to get your files off that drive.

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It really depends on what kind of cold you're talking about. External temperature cool enough to produce condensation in the system can really mess your system up. Even to the point of destroying it. It's always good to keep your system above freezing and even above the dewpoint of where ever you're located.
If you're talking about cold being just starting the computer from any temperature from an "off" power mode to "on" then you could have a video issue. You can check your Event Viewer when it finally powers up to get more info on what caused the problem.

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  • Posted on Dec 11, 2008

SOURCE: lenovo bios password

Hi,

I found a homepage with a load of Backdoor passwords, - one of them will bypass you forgotten BIOS password. If you dont know your type, you´ll have to try them all out, or untill you hit the right one:
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  • Posted on Dec 28, 2008

SOURCE: Lenovo 3000 N200 0768HCQ- does not boot after Lenovo Splash Screen

in bios version which is you installed is vista compitable so go to bios setup there is option by which your harddisk available for you at present i am not able to tell the name of that option(forget) but i have tested it.

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  • Posted on Feb 15, 2009

SOURCE: sound goes on & off on lenovo Y410 laptop

Next time it goes off, have a look to see if you have a service/process called Windows Audio running. Click Start & type "services.msc" in the search box (presuming you are using vista), then just press enter.
Look for "Windows Audio" & "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder".
Make sure they are running/started & set to automatic.

The problem could be a driver that did not install properly, a codec that did not install properly or a Windows update that did not install properly.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 30, 2009

SOURCE: IBM Thinkpad T30 wont boot up

You have faulty RAM modules. Reseat your RAM modules, to make sure they make proper connection. If this doesn't work take them to your friendly computer shop and ask them to test them for you.

OneElite

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  • Posted on Jul 28, 2009

SOURCE: Lenovo SL500 Thinkpad

1. Take off the the power plug
2. take off the battery
3. press and hold the power button for 10-15 seconds


Now try turning it on, if it still doesn't work, check in your manual how to RAM cover, and take the RAMs out (before you do this repeat stpes 1-3). After the ram is out, try turning it on if you hear sirens , that could be at least some indication that your motherboard is alive. if no sirens --- than you got bad news.

So at least you will now if there is a chance if the motherboard is not dead.

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