20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad R40 2723 Notebook Questions & Answers

Could be a bad motherboard

This appears to be an indication of a failed hard drive. During the bootup process, your computer looks for bootable (accessible) devices including your hard drive, external drives (if any) and then any other possible mediums like network attached resources. If the hard drive is not available then this would explain your situation.

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Creating a password should be one of the first things you should do when you are setting up your computer for the first time. If you need help to find out how to do it then the following steps will assist you. Step 1 Begin by selecting Start - Control Panel - User Accounts and Family. In the window you will see the Change Your Windows password option. Click on the link. Select the account that you will be assigning a password to. The Create a Password For Your Account link will appear Click this link. Step 2 Input the password you have chosen, confirm the password. To help you remember input a password hint. This will be visible to everyone who uses the computer. Step 3 When you have typed in your password hint you can then hit the 'Create Password' button. This button will appear as 'Change Password' if you already have set up a previously. Step 4 After pressing the 'Create Password' button the 'Make Changes to Your User Account' window will reappear. You will notice that in this window you have the option to remove your password if you want. To do this all you have to do is click in the Remove Your Password command. Step 5 Finally, click on the close button and that is your Windows password set up. You can also setup additional user accounts if you wish. Follow these steps to do it. Step 1 Ensure your administer privileges enable you to do this. Click on Start then Control Panel. Step 2 In the Control Panel box you should see the button to add or remove the user accounts. Click the button. Step 3 The Manage Accounts window will appear and in this window you will see a link to create a new account. Click on this link. Step 4 The Manage Accounts window will appear. Enter your account names and choose the sort of account that you wish to set up. You have 2 options as follows: • Standard user: this basically means you do not have the same privileges as the administrator. • Administrator: this level allows you to create accounts and install software. It is advisable that only one individual should be assigned as the administrator. Step 5 When you have decided on the account you want then press the Create button and close the Control Panel window. or if its for a router there are to many router brands for me to post indidually each one will be different to set up a password I suggest you make copies of all passwords as word documents and be kept on a separate device from your computer and note pad incase of memory lapses.this will take a bit longer to access your computer because of the log in process Hope this helps.

To switch languages or keyboards from the taskbar

1. Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3. Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4. In the Language Bar Settings dialog box, select the Show additional Language bar icons in the Notification area check box.
5. Click OK three times.
6. Click the language icon or the keyboard icon on the taskbar to display a menu.
7. Click a language or keyboard.

Notes

• To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
• The language icon is available only if you have added multiple languages or multiple keyboard layouts in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
• When inserting text, you can use the keyboard, speech recognition, or handwriting recognition interchangeably without clicking a button.
• The letters on the icon represent the active language. For example, EN stands for English.
• If you are using a tablet computer, you can use Tablet PC Input Panel for handwriting and speech tasks. For more information about Input Panel, click Related Topics.
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To switch languages or keyboards from the Language bar

1. On the Language bar, click the button representing languages or keyboards .
2. On the menu, click a language or keyboard layout.

Notes

• The buttons are available on the Language bar only if you have added multiple languages or multiple keyboard layouts in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
• You can minimize the Language bar and switch between languages or keyboards using the icons on the taskbar.
• When inserting text, you can use the keyboard, speech recognition, or handwriting recognition interchangeably without clicking a button.
• The letters on the language button represent the active language. For example, EN stands for English.
• If you are using a tablet computer, you can use Tablet PC Input Panel for handwriting and speech tasks. For more information about Input Panel, click Related Topics.

1) Visit the Lenovo site for ThinkPad's R40 2723
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?brandind=10&familyind=113090&machineind=117667&operatingsystemind=49979&template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FdownloadsDriversLandingPage.vm&validate=true

2) Input which model number you are using from the drop down menu.

3) Select your operating system.

4) Find the drivers in the list of search results.

Hello bd35,
Welcome to Fixya!
When you say "slow to boot, very slow in all other aspects." There is a change that your computer might have been infected with a virus. But let's not jump into conclusions, I'm just setting proper expectation here that that can be a cause.
You might want to consider: - Disconnecting extra peripheral devices i.e. printers, scanners, USB flash drives or ext. HDDs - Disabling all the start-up items and services, here's how: 1. Click "Start" 2. Click "Run" 3. Type "msconfig" 4. Go to the "Startup" tab and click the "Disable All" button 5. Go to the "Services" tab, check the "Hide all Microsoft services" check box, and click on the "Disable All" button 6. Click the "Apply" button, and the click "Ok" button. 7. Then "restart the computer.

If thelaptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out.Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles andwill lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR Thebattery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the batterydrops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to anunacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

Please download the BIOS Update from Lenovo Support Solution Download of your reference to correct your Error 1802. Heres the link http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-51708.html

Hi,

The DC jack plug is soldered onto the motherboard and will need to be de-soldered before a new adapter is soldered into place.
Most reputabele PC repair stores should be able to do this for you but it will cost labour charges as the laptop will have to be completely disassembled.



Regards.

You can download it from here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-61604

I am not sure that a product key is available anymore for XP from Windows. You may have to purchase a new copy of XP with a valid key.

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 XP or Vista devicedrivers for your 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 the variousdrivers and then you click on and run the various driver files, they will thenunzip and expand into a sub folder on C:\drivers Then install the variousdrivers from this folder (run the set-up file).

All the latest and greatest drivers can be found at this site:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/migr-46024.html


Thanks!

Hi, providing this Thinkpad you are talking about was built around seven years ago, it'll only have the USB 1.0 which means a slower data transfer rate. Which is normal for this age of laptop

hi

you have screen problem may be you csreen is gone

becoz what problem you mention it only the screen problem only