HMM will provide you instructions for troubleshooting, diagnostics, removal and replacement laptop hardware. All IBM HMMs are publicly available. You can find HMM for your laptop on the IBM website or you can follow the link below. All HMMs are in pdf format, so you can download them and use at your convenience. For hardware replacement instructions find “Removing and replacing a FRU” chapter.
| IBM ThinkPad Computer Hardware Maintenance Manuals Year 2001-2006 |
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| IBM ThinkPad A2*m, A2*p |
| IBM ThinkPad A2*e |
| IBM ThinkPad A21e |
| IBM ThinkPad A22* (Wireless models) |
| IBM ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p |
| IBM ThinkPad G40, G41 |
| IBM ThinkPad R30, R31 |
| IBM ThinkPad R32 |
| IBM ThinkPad R40, R40e |
| IBM ThinkPad R50/p, R51 |
| IBM ThinkPad R50e, R51e, R52 |
| IBM ThinkPad R60, R60e |
| IBM ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23 |
| IBM ThinkPad T30 |
| IBM ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p |
| IBM ThinkPad T43 |
| IBM ThinkPad T43/p |
| IBM ThinkPad T60, T60p |
| IBM ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24 |
| IBM ThinkPad X30, X31, X32 |
| IBM ThinkPad X40 |
| IBM ThinkPad X41 |
| IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet |
| IBM ThinkPad X60/s |
| IBM ThinkPad Z60m |
| IBM ThinkPad Z60t |
| IBM ThinkPad Z61e, Z61m |
| IBM ThinkPad Z61t |
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IBM ThinkPad Computer Hardware Maintenance Manuals Year 1997-2001 |
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| TransNote |
| i Series 1200, 1300, ThinkPad 130 |
| i Series 1400, 1500 |
| i Series 1400, 1500 |
| IBM ThinkPad 240 |
| IBM ThinkPad 240X |
| IBM ThinkPad 380, 385, 560, 760, 765 |
| IBM ThinkPad 380XD/385XD |
| IBM ThinkPad 380Z |
| IBM ThinkPad 390 |
| IBM ThinkPad 390E |
| IBM ThinkPad 390X |
| IBM ThinkPad 560X |
| IBM ThinkPad 560Z |
| IBM ThinkPad 570/E |
| IBM ThinkPad 600 |
| IBM ThinkPad 600X |
| IBM ThinkPad 770 |
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October 15th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Hi, i have Ibm thinkpad X41, for some random reason after i turned the computer off the other night, it won’t do anything, it wont powerup of the battery or the ac adapter. All i did was shut it down and place on the the floor!
Anyone any ideas on how to fix it? or at least make it work so i can take the important stuff of it?
thank you very much!
Matt
October 12th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Lem,
According to the official service manual for ThinkPad T60 notebooks “One long and two shorts beeps” indicates a problem with:
1. System board.
2. LCD assembly.
3. Memory.
I would try reconnecting or even replacing the memory module first. After that try disconnecting the laptop LCD screen from the motherboard and test your laptop with an external monitor. If the external monitor is not working even with the internal LCD unplugged, probably it’s bad motherboard.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Michael,
I have an IBM T30 laptop myself and it’s possible to connect it to an external monitor via the VGA port on the back. I just did and it works fine for me.
Just connect an external monitor and turn on the laptop.
If the laptop appears to be completely dead when you press on the power button, there could be a problem with the power adapter.
Test the power adapter with a voltmeter.
October 12th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
dirtyharris ,
CPU failures are not common. I’ve seen very few failed CPUs in four years. Most likely it’s bad motherboard.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I have a thinkpad t60 that only beeps one long beep and two short beeps. I have formated the hard drive and was preparing to put os system on
October 4th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
hi…i got an old ibm t30.the problem is when i start the pc nothing came out at the LCD screen.The LCD power isint there too.What can i do to fix it?CAN anyone help me?i cant even connect to a external monitor.The monitor seemed cant be connected with the VGA.HELP needed..
October 1st, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Hi, i have an ibm lenovo r-60 laptop, the problem is that it shutsdown after i press the power button, sometimes the powers lasts a couple of seconds and shuts down. Battery is fine, power cable is fine- i tried removing the hdd and optical drives, modem and wifi cards but no luck of getting the laptop work, any idea? could it be the cpu? i checked the processor and it looked clean, no visible burn or whatsoever.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Steven Faulkner,
You’ll have to test the power adapter with a voltmeter. Find out if the voltage is correct.
If the power adapter outputs correct voltage, try starting the laptop from the adapter with the battery removed. If the laptop will not start, apparently you have a problem with the motherboard.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Hi, I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 2.4 GHZ 15″ LCD. The screen will flicker and freeze then go black. I found if I put pressure on the yellow triangle warning sticker directly under the center of the keyboard on a shield, then it will boot fine and may have perfect screen for 24 hours. If the laptop is barely bumped or moved then the screen will flicker and freeze. I get a blue screen error with ati memory dump. Any suggestions?
Thank you
September 29th, 2008 at 7:53 am
My lap top is dead
Won’t start. period
When on battery shows yellow light.
When I plug it in it gives green light for a moment, then it goes yellow again.
When battery out I plug in and ligh flaches grenn once them goes black.
What is the issue, the power supply or battery.
Steve