20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad G41 Notebook Questions & Answers

No, your Laptop uses only IDE type hard drives.

No because the ThinkPad has not motherboard expansion slots.
But you can use an USB SATA hard drive adapter case and connect it to the laptop's USB port. The laptop will see this as an external storage device.

Your model ThinkPad uses a PATA hard drive.
The brand does not make any difference but the maximum hard drive you can install is limited by the BIOS.
Please click on this link for the specification details for your model ThinkPad :-
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-59644.html

On a laptop, if you enable Num Lk (usually by pressing the blue function key Fn and Num Lk), you will enable your numeric keys (as displayed in blue next to the letter). To disable, press Fn and Num Lk combination again (it will 'toggle' out of this mode).

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check the power supply

The same model ThinkPad can have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless you know exactly which one is installed in your ThinkPad, you need to download all the drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver.
When you download the drivers, write down the device driver and it’s file name so you have a record of which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files are located on your hard drive.
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 sub folder on C:\drivers Then install the various drivers from this folder (run the set-up file).

Have you tried turning up the volume or take it off MUTE ?

Windows is corrupted. The best way to fix that is to reinstall it.

Hi, During the boot at the THINKPAD SCREEN press the Thinkvantage key ( Blue button ) it will launch rescue and recovery and allow you to reboot factory. This only works if you did not corrupted/deleted the rescue and recovery hidden partition on the HDD. Otherwise you will need the rescue and recovery CD to proceed. IBM/Lenovo support should be able to provide you the CD. thanks and have a nice day J-

When you say that you are applying pressure to your video card, am I correct in assuming you have your laptop open and pressing on the integrated video chip on your motherboard? If so, then your video chip has come partially out of it's socket on the motherboard. This is an increasingly common problem with laptops. The cause: your laptop gets hot from use, even though the CPU fan is working, and the heat builds up to the point where some of the solder gets soft or liquefies just enough for the pins of the GPU to come out of there sockets. There are several way to try to fix this problem, if in fact your chip has come partially out of the motherboard. If you do this yourself and you're not skilled in this area, there is a chance of completely ruining your motherboard. On the other hand, having a proclaimed professional do the repair may cost you just as much as purchasing another motherboard off of ebay. ANYWAY.....you have to completely disassemble your laptop to remove your motherboard, get a hair dryer and use it to heat up your GPU (Video Chip), Do this slowly or you'll over heat your board and it will be junk afterwards. Heat up the area of the GPU on both sides of your motherboard until it gets pretty hot. Then use something to press the GPU back into it's socket (Flat-head screwdriver or something of that nature). Be sure not to press so hard that you ruin your GPU or other motherboard components. While pressing on the GPU, cool off the area by switching your hair dryer to cool, if it has that ability. Or just slowly move your blower away from your motherboard, then just let the motherboard cool down to room temperature. Replace motherboard and reassemble laptop. There are times when this doesn't work, or that it only temporarily resolves the problem. If it does resolve the problem, then I would suggest using a laptop cooling fan to have running under your laptop while it's on. It will help to keep this from happening again.

Hello

Have you tried swapping out ram modules? This would probably be the cheapest. And, a faulty ram module gives a beep code. Try it, and let me know.

Kind regards
Andrea