EM-ZERO.COM » Repairs http://www.em-zero.com Random Tech Blog of Randomness Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:16:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Rubber Chicken Tech Support – Thinkpad Power Problems http://www.em-zero.com/index.php/2010/01/rubber-chicken-tech-support-thinkpad-power-problems/ http://www.em-zero.com/index.php/2010/01/rubber-chicken-tech-support-thinkpad-power-problems/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:19:38 +0000 Travis Dennie http://www.em-zero.com/?p=113 I found a site while researching power issues on a Thinkpad T41 that explained a weird recovery method for a dead IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad. I didn’t have any luck, but many have:

“So I called up IBM support and explained the situation. The guy on the other end then let me in on the secret power button code to revive your dead Thinkpad. After assessing the situation (totally dead laptop) he warned me: ‘Okay, this is going to sound totally bizarre, but I want you to give this a try.’ He then had me unplug the AC adapter and take out the battery. Then, you push the power button 10 times in a row at one second intervals. Next, you push and hold the power button for 30 seconds. Then you put the battery back in and push the power button, and she lives. The computer came back, good as ever.”

Below is the link to the original site.

http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/01/rubber-chicken-tech-support/

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