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armania62

has this machine been dropped?
sounds like a faulty (or loose) connection to the screen
if you dont know about the internal workings of this laptop please take it to a pc technician
but if you know , open it up and look at the connections both the video and screen , look for anything that doesnt look right
by the simple action of banging the ground would make it restart then

also have a look at the dc connection u might need to replace it

reinstall wireless drivers

connect an external monitor and check...if display siganl is being sent to the monitor...
to check if ur inverter board or backlite is out u need to open the screen and check that out...

While switching ON your Laptop, press Thinkpad Access button(Blue colour) which is there in top most left side and select the option restore factory settings.

Hope the above answer solves your queries.
Revert back for further assistance or clarifications.

check power settings in control panel

There is a Button on your keyboard that has blue lettering that is stated "Fn" without quotes. HOLD this button down, and then press the buttons on the RIGHT SIDE of the keyboard UP TOP where there are pictures of speakers with arrows going UP and DOWN. this will help in lowering and raising the volume.
So HOLD DOWN the Fn Key and then PRESS the VOLUME key you Want.

Hope this helps.

I haven't try it with an N but I did with a G card, so I don't see why not, as long as the card you are buying support the version of windows running in your system.

there sould be a very small hole on the cd drive, near the eject button use a paperclip to insert in to the hole and the cd drive will open

If it is asking for a password shortly after turning the laptop on ,and before windows or anything else loads, its likley the hard drive wasn't new. It appears that for some reason it has a lock password on it. The only way in would be to contact where you got it from and see if they can help. Generally speaking new drives dont have these locks. If its after windows loads up then things are a little easier. Whilst your laptop turns on hold down the f8 key until you get a windows boot menu. Select Safe Mode use your arrow keys and press enter. When Windows loads it will look slightly different. Just Click on Start --> Control Panel and navigate to the Users Icon. Open this and select your user, then click change password to reset it. Just reboot after these steps and you should be able to login. If niether of these things work than leave a comment and I will get back to you with more help.

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Simon.
Rytech Computer Services Limited

It's not easy to do. I'd recommend having an authorized IBM repair center unlock it for you.

The Thinkpad is installed with 128 MB SDRAM is standard, and is expandable to 512 MB
There are two memory slots, to expand it to 512 Mb you need two 256 Mb RAM modules and throw away the 128 Mb RAM module, but if you don't throw away this module and you insert a 256 Mb RAM module in the 2nd memory slot then your total memory would be 384 Mb.

goto display setting you can fix it from there. for any other problem send me an email [ [email protected] ]

BIOS password locked...

Either Remember the password, or you will have to call IBM to ask for a code..

change the RAM with new one

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Error 0190 means you need to charge your battery. Either your battery is not charging properlty or your charger is not working anymore. If the computer works while plugged in and gives no error then it would be the battery that needs replacing. If the battery is a few years old then you may want to order a replacement. The Thinkpad A31 uses the ThinkPad Ultrabay 2000 Li-Ion Battery. You can purchase a replacement battery from this website:

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=02K6646&current-category-id=4364BD0F20B94413B5AD6E684D2848E9

If the laptop doesn't work while plugged in and you dont get any lights on the battery or power indicator on the front of the laptop then you may need a replacement. Depending on which region you are in you will need a different A/C adapter. You can find a list of different A/C adapters here.The A31 uses the 72 watt power adapters on this page:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4PJRRG#72watt

I hope this helps.

Fail safe in the battery has engaged. See if the computer will start without the battery, using just the power supply. If you can get it started then put the battery in and see if it will charge or reset the fail safe. Give it about an hour, then shut it completely down and restart it with the battery in. If it won't start at this point, then you will need a new battery. Also change the CMOS battery inside the computer






Change the CMOS battery

1. It happen to me one time with my acer aspire, but since the warranty of life top expired already, what I deed is that I open up the back where my hard disk is located, I just remove it and and after 5 mionutes re-attached it again then i turn on the laptop and it works again.

this is only advisable if you know how to access your hard disk and if it's warranty is lapsed already.

Use a Recovery CD that came with your laptop.
The other way is to do a new Windows install. Use a Windows installation CD; it must match the Windows version on the Windows Product Code label on the bottom of your laptop.
You will also need to download the device drivers for your model laptop from the IBM/Lenovo WEB support site, make sure the download the correct XP or Vista version of the drivers which matches the Windows version you are installing.

Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEB site - support/download page and download the latest Windows XP or Vista device drivers 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 various drivers and then you click on and run the various driver files, they will then unzip and expand into a folder on C:\drivers Then install the various drivers from this folder.