Comments on: IBM ThinkPad computer hardware maintenance manuals

By: ria

ria — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:18:20 +0000

hi i have a imb thinkpad R4o when am using my touch pad and i dragged the arrow on a file are program it automatically select and open the file or program by itself and it very irritated. I also try updating the device but it didn’t work. do you know of anyway of restoring my computer the way it was when i receive it without the cd because i don’t have cd .

By: bobby

bobby — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:47:27 +0000

I have an old IBM T30 and the screen dosn’t work it sometimes works but it freezes and lines appear can u help?

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:43:00 +0000

I have a IBM thinkpad r40. I am getting black and white evenly spaced vertical lines. sometimes it wont do it when i am on it, sometimes it will do it every time i restart it… any ideas? I would like to get this fixed so i can pass it on to my son for school.

By: ahmed

ahmed — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:09:26 +0000

I want to buy hard ware for laptop IBM 390E .
note: my hard ware in laptop is 4GB and its dosnt wrok.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:41:14 +0000

dip,

i have an old ibm thinkpad which types numbers rather than letters for some keys(i;o;p..etc)..i have tried to disable num lock..

Press on the Shift key and hold it down. At the same time press once on the NumLk key. This will disable num lock function.

By: dip

dip — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:14:23 +0000

i have an old ibm thinkpad which types numbers rather than letters for some keys(i;o;p..etc)..i have tried to disable num lock..but it don’t work…along with this the led back light of the screen(lcd) don’t work too…so its getting very tough to work……..can u people give me any sujjestion other than tossing it in the bin?

By: Brian mc Bride

Brian mc Bride — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:44:35 +0000

Hey guys
i have got a ibm thinkpad r31 the problem i am having is the speakers dont work and if i plug in headphones they dont work. i restored the computer using the system restore it work but only for a 5 minutes and they didnt work straight away it was when i was testing it and mid way through a song they went off but cut off then any ideas what i shoulkd do

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:31:54 +0000

Everett,

I have an old IBM Thinkpad that is only used as a platform to run things thru a data projector. Once connected, the keyboard will type numbers rather than letters for certain keys. It’s a simple fix to correct, but I don’t remember what it is. Any help?

Yes, it is a simple fix. You have to disable NumLk.
Hold down the Shift key and at the same time press once on the NumLk key. Done!

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:27:25 +0000

Nis,

after rebooting my laptop I find that it works normally for approx. 15mins or less and then the system freezes and needs to be rebooted manually. I have a 570 and this problem has only recently showed up over the past month and have tried resetting the BIOS and have recently updated the windows security updates.

Maybe the laptop freezes because it overheats? Try cleaning the cooing fan and heat sink.
Find a can of compressed air and blow it into the fan. This will remove most dust from the cooling module. Test laptop again. Does it help?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:25:31 +0000

Charles Zitnik,

I have an R32 Laptop that will not boot up normally. IBM screen comes up with F1 and F12 choices, but goes nowhere. If I choose F12 for choosing startup drive, and choose CDROM, the computer will boot just fine to Windows XP, and works fine from that point on.

Really weird problem. :/
Have you tried reinstalling Windows from scratch? Maybe it’s a software related?
Also, could be a bad hard drive I guess.