20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad T30 2366 Notebook - Page 7 Questions & Answers

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-40312.html

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CONTACT LENOVO (IBM) DIRECTLY AND THEY WILL HELP YOU solve this. You'll have to prove to Lenovo tech support that you legally own the computer before they'll help you. This is done to prevent laptop thieves from being able to access information from the computers they steal.

What type of password is it? What operating system?

If it's a BIOS password, you will have to:

-Shut down the notebook

-Disassemble the laptop, locate and remove the motherboard battery (looks like a small, flat, watch battery),

-Let it rest for 5 minutes.

-Replace battery, reassemble laptop and the password is gone!

If it's a Windows (assuming) password AND if it's XP, you can try logging on as "Administrator" with a blank password to see if that helps since you may not have one set for this account

If not, you will need to download and burn to DVD a copy of "Ophcrack", boot from the CD/DVD drive and let this Linux OS try to find your password for you.

Don't worry, it will not install anything over your hard disk drive.

Good Luck
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The same model ThinkPadcan have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless youknow exactly which one is installed in your ThinkPad, you need to download allthe drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver. When you download thedrivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a recordof which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files arelocated on your hard drive. Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEBsite - support/download page and download the latest Windows device drivers foryour model computer, Use this link: - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true You can download thevarious drivers and then you click on and run the various driver files, theywill then unzip and expand into a sub folder on C:\drivers Then install thevarious drivers from this folder (run the set-up file).

Try removing the battery and plug in the power adapter and switch on the power. Now try switching on the Laptop and see whether its powering on. if it is , then clean the battery contacts and put it back again.

Dear user,
Good day! It seems that your laptop has hardware problem... Maybe the inverter, your LCD screen, VGA, BIOS, or even motherboard. I suggest for you to go to your nearest computer technician to diagnose it manually.

To restore the IBM laptop to factory settings read the information from this link.

that usually means the hard drive is dead, you will have to replace the drive before you can install xp

The amount of memory your Windows computer will recognize depends on two factors:
the maximum capacity your computer hardware can handle and the version of Windows your computer uses.
The most memory the 32-bit versions of Windows will see is only 3GB or 3.5GB, if your computer hardware can handle it. The 64-bit version of Windows can address even more memory.

To quickly identify if the keyboard/ribbon is at fault, connect an external USB keyboard and see if problem still exists.

If so, replace on-board keyboard.

The easiest thing would be to buy a PCMCIA card that goes in on of the slots in the laptop. You can Google PCMCIA CARDS and it will show a list of alot of places to buy one. Radio shack, amazon.com, ebay.com etc.
Hope this helps

Get an install disk for the operating system you wish to install (Make sure your computer is able to handle that operating system first), then put the disk in and boot to the disk. If your computer is not set up to boot to disk first then you will have to go into the BIOS, usually F2 of F12 on boot (whatever says press to enter setup), then change the boot settings from there.

Once you are inside the installer for that Operating System, it will give you an option to erase the hard drive you are wanting to install the operating system on, and restart new. Just so you are aware, this will reformat and ERASE EVERYTHING on that hard drive, so make sure that you have anything you want saved backed up somewhere else.

Once that is done, continue installing the operating system and then your hard drive will be erased, and the operating system will be reinstalled.

If you were just looking to erase a hard drive, then you can go to my computer, then right-click the hard drive you want to erase, then click format. THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING!

Hope this helps!

Go to the ibm official website Check under the support and drivers listing for your device,and download the latest drivers for the laptop/

try uninstalling a few unnecessary programs then click start run type cmd then type chkdsk/r/f this should schedule to happen on reboot which will scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors and automatically fix any corrupt files on your hard drive or click startcontrol panel administrive tools,computer management ,disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now,start should schedule this task when restart do not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input will damage your computer then you should test or replace all leads make sure they are securely seated and are not bad/faulty that are attached to your (((motherboard to your hard drive))) defragment your hard drive will speed up your computer then defragment your hard drive you might have to install more RAM random access memory to check how much ram you have click start right click on my computer select properties you will see all imformation about your computer including installed ram scroll to the bottom toolbar (bottom of screen) right click you can select task manager applications also processes you will see whats running on your computer you might have virus slowing your computer also select users you will see who is using your computer hope this helps don

CLICK shift and the numberlock or (NumLk) key

The NumLk has been selected anf the NumLk LED is on to show that the NumLk has been selected.
Press the ScrLk/NumLk key to turn off the NumLk, this key is above the F11 key.

To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link: http://www.fixya.com/support/r7229632-reset_or_remove_bios_password

In case of your laptop the easiest method would be using Hiren's Boot CD.

There is a great article at Working with Windows Wireless Networks
If you need more help post back! Thumbs and testimonial are welcome!

sound like you have a hard drive failure---if it were me, I'd install another hard drive, after I checked to be sure the connectors are solidly connected and in good condition. Try pressing the connections on better first, if that doesn't do it, try another hard drive and see if you get the same thing.