my mates thinkpad doesn't work you press the power button and you can hear fans but the only light that comes on is like a Z in a circle, does anyone know what this light means?
my mates thinkpad doesn't work you press the power button and you can hear fans but the only light that comes on is like a Z in a circle, does anyone know what this light means?
You've got the completely wrong superhero. That's not "Z" for Zorro... it's actually a flash (as in Flash Gordon!)
Seriously though, its a lightening bolt... just to say you have power!
If you are sure only the one light is showing (and you are getting no harddrive light flashing or anything) then here are 3 quick tips to see if it will spring into life....
1) Unplug battery and try it just on mains only
2) Extra memory will be in a square bay on the bottom of the laptop (with just one screw holding it in place). Undo screw, take off cover, remove extra memory (if any fitted) - try power up again.
3) There are usually 3 screws on the bottom of the laptop that hold the keyboard on. Luckily IBM mark the correct screws with a little symbol of a keyboard. Undo screws. Take out keyboard. You should now see the main motherboard and the main memory chip. Unclip the memory and reseat... try a powerup again.
If after that you are still getting nothing except for the one light, it is looking pretty much fubared. You could try taking out the hard drive, to see if that gets it to spring into life.
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