20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad A22m 2628 Notebook Questions & Answers

Hi Marc, Hope you doing good. Please try the following solution : 1. Disconnect the power cable. 2. Take out the battery 3. Keep holding down the power button for 60 seconds. 4. Put the battery back in. 5. Connect the power adapter 6. Make sure the Power adapter is switched on and laptop is on AC Power 7. Wait for 5 minutes and try to restart the computer 8. If it still doesn't starts. 9. Hold down the power button for 60 seconds with AC adapter and battery connected 10. Try to restart now and check. 11. If it still doesn't switch on 12. Take out the battery and run on only Ac adapter and restart. Please advise if this still doesn't helps.

not many options pick one...CD ROMLANUSBwhat os are you trying to boot into, the machine may not support it, let me know so we can get this done!! good luck question just ask

Hi, All the a22m drivers are listed here

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4TFTHP.html

You could try this link.http://www.notebook-driver.com/thinkpad/ibm-thinkpad-a22m-2628-windows-drivers-software/

OverheatingWhen the CPU overheats then it will shut down (i.e. thermaloverload) and won't boot up again until it has cooled down. If this is theproblem is not fixed then the CPU will eventually fail. A faulty fan causes the problem or the fan and heat sink assembly are cloggedwith dust.Check the CPU fan to see if it spins freely, if not replace the fan. If the fan and heat sink is clogged with dust the remove the dust and make surethe vents are clear and dust free. Use a small brush and can of compressed airto do this.

if you still have this laptop, and it's still locked, post a response here.

Maybe the microphone is damaged?

Yes as mentioned the only way out is to reinstall or use the recovery disk . Reinstallation means the main drive will be formatted and so you would stand to lose all the files if they were saved on the main drive(C). Please try and remember the possibility of the password before any further step is taken

Remove the main battery and unplug the CMOS battery if you can get to it or you can try to hold the on/off button for about 30 seconds. This should reset the BIOS to factory defaults and you can then get back in and reset a new password.

NOI. THERE IS NO WAY BY WHICH YOU CAN UPGRADE YOUR PROCESSOR. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS UPGRADE YOUR RAM OR HARDDISK.
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If you are running windows xp after the reformat you will have to load all of the device drivers. Ethernet adapter is one of them. So you will need to use a pc that has internet connection and go to IBM's web site and download drivers to flash drive then install then to the IBM thinkpad

You will most likely have to remove the backup battery temporarily to allow the CMOS to clear the password lock.
The instructions for removing the CMOS battery are located here.
Be sure to disconnect the power cord and remove the standard battery when performing this work.
Be very careful to follow the directions exactly as shown.
You may have to leave the CMOS battery removed for a number of hours in order to clear the CMOS password.

go to this url : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?subcategoryind=0&familyind=50303&brandind=10&doccategoryind=0&modelind=0&doctypeind=9&validate=true&partnumberind=0&sitestyle=lenovo&template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&operatingsystemind=49979&machineind=83245

check for virus threat.may be a virus .check also if it freezes at the same point and at the same timing.
may be bad sectors or may be corrupt OS

I found this only for you.

 

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Don't know whether this would be useful for you or not!

First, you need to make sure your power adapter is providing enough power to both run the laptop & charge the battery. A very good way to do this is to compare your laptop voltage & ampere requirements (written on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop) with the voltage & ampere ratings of the power adapter. Voltages should be the same, or the power adapter's voltage about up to 0.5 volts more than the laptop's voltage rating. Amperage of the power adapter should be at least equal to or greater than the laptop's rating. It should never be less than the laptop's rating, or else the power adapter will be providing insufficient amperes to charge the battery. Of course, the power adapter's nominal amperage might be ok, but it degraded on usage. You can verify this by testing using a good or new power adapter.
If the battery did not charge using the new power adapter, take the battery off the laptop, & using a dry tooth brush, scrub in between the fins of the battery connector on the motherboard & on the battery it self, then put the battery back into the laptop & try again.
If this still did not resolve the problem, then the battery itself could be bad. Try it on another laptop, or try a good or new battery in your laptop.
If this did not work, there might be a possibility that the charging circuitry on the laptop's motherboard is defective & needs servicing. In order to do this, the laptop needs to be disassembled & the motherboard checked for defective/burned out components in the area near the DC jack. Any defective/burned out components found should be replaced, or you might need to replace the laptop's motherboard altogether.

> theres a possiblity that the problem is with the LCD cables,have them check by a local tech or contact IBM

sounds like you need to reinstall windows, you may need a new hard drive

It sounds like your monitor settings have been adjusted somehow.
What operating system are you using? XP, Vista?
You are heading in the right direction, in any case, to go to control panel.Go to Display, Settings, and make sure the screen resolution is set to more. Then click on Advanced and make sure the DPI setting is on normal (unless you had it adjusted otherwise). If you changed something, then select apply the new settings without restarting and OK.
You'll have to wait while the system changes things. If that fixes it, reboot and make sure the settings are still as you wish.
If not, run the troubleshooter and see if you can't trace the issue that way.
Let me know if this works, or there's something more I can do to assist you.
ps these instructions apply to xp, but may work with Vista as well...

take it to a laptop repair person so they can get into it and reset the bios password. Usually envolves jumpers on the motherboard which is not an easy process in a laptop