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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:16:24 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Dead Thinkpad scenario

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I know some of you have experience with TPads, so
maybe you have some insight into this. I recently
became the recipient of a hand-me-down A21M. It
worked fine for several days (it was always being run
off wall power, and the battery showed 98% charge or
better on the meter), during which time I was removing
any personal info of the prior user, removing many
programs that are obsolete or not of interest, and
beginning to install some new programs, such as SM 117
to replace an old Netscape 7.1. *Had it kept
working*, one of the next steps would have been to
shrink the W2K partition down and put eCS on. But I
never got that far. It croaked first: definitely
something power or electrical in nature.

At first, I thought it must be a bad power ON switch,
since it had been taking 20 or 30 presses to engage,
almost since I began this little project. Up until
this point, the battery had been showing its green LED
lit. That is no longer the case. If I remove the
battery, the TP will not even run off the wall power.
But after removing the battery and re-seating it a
couple times, the power switch works again, right
away. However, the TP only lights up to show the TP
logo, then displays a "0190: Critical Low Battery
Error," then shuts off. It never even gets as far as
POST. The return of the power switch to life and the
"it's dead running straight off the mains" factors
strongly suggest to me that neither it nor the battery
is the ultimate culprit. Some Googling reveals the
existence of a "power board" *internal* part.
(Presumably the laptop's version of a power supply ?)
Do you agree that is most likely what needs to be
replaced ?

TIA.

Jordan

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