- ThinkPad A31p doesn’t enter memory check the first time I press the On Button
- Posted by CES on October 13th, 2005
All,
I’ve just noticed some new behavior on my ThinkPad when I start my computer the system never enters the Memory Check portion of the startup process… in order to start my system I have to turn on the computer (It turns on but never enters the boot process), do a hard reset of the system (hold down the On Button, and then restart the system which does go into the memory check portion of the boot process( this works every time).
FYI – I’m not receiving any boot error messages.
I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior before and is their a fix??? Thanks in advance - CES
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on October 14th, 2005
Check the BIOS so to to see if the 'Qucik Boot" setting is "on". This
by-passes a lot off boot checks.
"CES" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> All,
> I’ve just noticed some new behavior on my ThinkPad when I start my
> computer the system never enters the Memory Check portion of the startup
> process… in order to start my system I have to turn on the computer (It
> turns on but never enters the boot process), do a hard reset of the system
> (hold down the On Button, and then restart the system which does go into
> the memory check portion of the boot process( this works every time).
>
> FYI – I’m not receiving any boot error messages.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior before and is their a
> fix??? Thanks in advance - CES
- Posted by Pavel A. on October 14th, 2005
Check the battery. Thinkpads can behave strangely if the battery is dying,
or bad contacts, etc.
a. Try a new replacement battery
b. Turn the TP off, remove the battery, plug it to AC and turn on.
Regards,
--PA
"CES" <none@none.com> wrote in message news:buA3f.12$H3.5@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> All,
> I’ve just noticed some new behavior on my ThinkPad when I start my computer the system never enters the Memory Check portion
> of the startup process… in order to start my system I have to turn on the computer (It turns on but never enters the boot
> process), do a hard reset of the system (hold down the On Button, and then restart the system which does go into the memory
> check portion of the boot process( this works every time).
>
> FYI – I’m not receiving any boot error messages.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior before and is their a fix??? Thanks in advance - CES
- Posted by GomJabbar on October 14th, 2005
I'm not sure if Pavel A. was referring to the CMOS backup battery or
not, but I would tend to suspect this before the main battery. It is
listed as item #21 in this parts list.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...IGR-39574.html
Following is the Hardware Maintenance Manual for the A31p which has
more information.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-39796
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on October 14th, 2005
YES! That is the one! See page 79 from the PDF file in thr second link.
"GomJabbar" <dkbatson@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure if Pavel A. was referring to the CMOS backup battery or
> not, but I would tend to suspect this before the main battery. It is
> listed as item #21 in this parts list.
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...IGR-39574.html
>
> Following is the Hardware Maintenance Manual for the A31p which has
> more information.
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-39796
>
