its an IBM t42p that will turn on, but I get nothing on the screen. I get a beep code of long short short when it boots. depending on what kind of work needed I'd be willing to pay around $100-200

12/30/2008 5:20:07 PM

Geek Squad?

12/30/2008 5:29:00 PM

it's either the motherboard, LCD, or RAM, according to IBM

i'd be willing to take a look at it for you, but i can't make any promises as that's pretty damn generic

12/30/2008 6:03:40 PM

fregac?

12/30/2008 7:42:27 PM

I've got some RAM sticks if you wanna test the RAM. It could be a possible easy fix in 60 seconds. Unfortunately I don't have anymore t40 series LCD's or inverter boards...you might seek fregacfor that. Of course I wonder if he's MIA lately. He would've jumped all over this

1/1/2009 6:52:11 PM

i challenged fregac to a ninja sword battle. i cut his arm off, so he has to work a little slower now.

have you called 1800-ask-carl?

1/1/2009 8:57:31 PM

rofl

1/1/2009 9:02:06 PM

Ugh, T42's have known motherboard issues . . . . might need a GPU reflow. Or could be as simple as ram/etc.

I'd have to take a look at it to give you a solid repair quote. Might be an easy, cheap fix. Might be more involved. If you want to bring it by sometime just let me know!


Seotaji: So you think. My new bionic arm (built from parts from dismantled Sun workstations and Laserjet 4's) makes me better, stronger, and faster than before.

1/2/2009 12:38:51 AM

lets just see about that...

1/2/2009 9:30:26 AM

A couple of months ago, I did some work for FAI756843 . It basically consisted of finishing off his new PC build, installed new hard drive, video cards, a few case fans, and a copy of windows vista, so an XP reinstall on a notebook isn't a big deal. Check with him for a reference if you need one.

1/2/2009 7:49:53 PM

if you still need help just pm me

1/5/2009 2:32:01 AM