The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

the yoke turns on but the screen remains black ..
damn lappies


anyone had similar problems? is it the converter?

Unplug the power, remove the battery and then hold the power button for 30 to 60 seconds. Then reattach the power and attempt a boot. Sometimes this works, worth a go..!

Didnt work
its a IBM thinkpad T41 .. anyone knows a place to repair it?

does the video out or monitor out plugs work?

If so, replace the screen. Ebay is your friend

CJ

just tried , it doesnt work ..

Sebastian wrote:just tried , it doesnt work ..

You replaced the screen and it doesn't work or you're getting no signal from the video out?

CJ

pluged in the desktop monitor .. not working .

so it's not the laptop;s screen that's gone ..

took it today to PC world , they charge 70 eur for a diagnosis . ermm No thanks

It's prolly he graphics module seb if the machine appear otherwise functional...

There's one on ebay just now..
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Lenovo-IBM-ThinkPad- ... 286.c0.m14

Sebastian wrote:pluged in the desktop monitor .. not working .

so it's not the laptop;s screen that's gone ..

took it today to PC world , they charge 70 eur for a diagnosis . ermm No thanks

When you plugged the external monitor in, did you tell the laptop to use it instead of its own? On my Sony Vaio its Fn+F7, yours might be different.

erm ..... didnt press nothing to be honest

There's blue writing on some of the buttons...

one of the icons is @a vertical line square and another vertical line + a square" representing the monitor next to the screen of the laptop..
Hold the FN key and Press the key as above...

If this works you can use your laptop.

Update :

looks like it's the mother board and would cost more to fix than what I paid for the laptop . sweet sweet Ireland .

Sadly that's the norm .. if you need some data recovered from the HD and dont know how pop out and we'll stick it on a few dvds for you.

selling this for spares or repair now if anyone is into it .

Mother board problems , won't boot
comes with new battery and power lead .


IBM Thinkpad T41 (type 2373) Lenovo
- Centrino 1.6G
- 512MB Ram
- 40GB @5400
- DVD/CDRW
- Built-in Wi-fi a/b/g wireless
- Built-in bluetooth.
- Weight only 2kg (4.4 pounds)


Good LCD.
If someone is interested PM me.
cherio

Seb, if you have some time why don't you fly over to me and I can take a look at it for you. Might be able to get it to work for you. If not I can get all your stuff off it?

thanks for the offer Dilo !!
I have a guy who's gonna take it for parts tomorrow, if it doesn't work out i'll give you a shout !

Sold for parts.