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Hi

 

I have an ibm thinkpad x23, and shut it down about an hour ago. When I

went to

reboot , all the lights come on then they go off and only the light

with the z in a circle stays on. The screen stays blank and the hard

drive spins. Could I have deleated the bios when I added memory

(shocked the motherboard?)

 

 

 

Thanks for any help!

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    "acprkit" <acprkit@gmail.com> wrote in message

    news:1183584273.646116.305900@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

    > Hi

    >

    > I have an ibm thinkpad x23, and shut it down about an hour ago. When I

    > went to

    > reboot , all the lights come on then they go off and only the light

    > with the z in a circle stays on. The screen stays blank and the hard

    > drive spins. Could I have deleated the bios when I added memory

    > (shocked the motherboard?)

    >

    >

    >

    > Thanks for any help!

     

    Unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery. Remove the RAM you just added.

    Now, press and hold the power switch for one minute. Plug the AC adapter

    back in. Does it start?

     

    If so, shut down, remove the adapter (be sure the battery is not in) and

    put the new memory back in. Try powering on again.

     

    More details would be helpful.

     

    HTH

    -pk

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    Hi

     

    Heres what happened (btw, that didnt work) I added the memory, started

    it, and it started beeping (bad memory, it was old) so I removed it.

    It then would not start and only the hd spins and the fan blows.

     

    Thanks!

     

     

    On Jul 4, 5:34 pm, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@dev.null> wrote:

    > "acprkit" <acpr...@gmail.com> wrote in message

    >

    > news:1183584273.646116.305900@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

    >

    > > Hi

    >

    > > I have an ibm thinkpad x23, and shut it down about an hour ago. When I

    > > went to

    > > reboot , all the lights come on then they go off and only the light

    > > with the z in a circle stays on. The screen stays blank and the hard

    > > drive spins. Could I have deleated the bios when I added memory

    > > (shocked the motherboard?)

    >

    > > Thanks for any help!

    >

    > Unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery. Remove the RAM you just added.

    > Now, press and hold the power switch for one minute. Plug the AC adapter

    > back in. Does it start?

    >

    > If so, shut down, remove the adapter (be sure the battery is not in) and

    > put the new memory back in. Try powering on again.

    >

    > More details would be helpful.

    >

    > HTH

    > -pk

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