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IBM ThinkPad T42 Notebook - Page 9 Questions & Answers
Asking bios password
FOR IBM/LENOVO PASSWORD
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OR
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The D drive will not
Hi
Did you press the F12 tab a few times as your thinkpad was starting up
i think this is the key to press so that you can choose what the thinkpad will start up with so choose the d drive and then hopefully it will work
The cpu fan has quit working, looking for
The CPU fan is located under the keyboard. To remove the keyboard there are 4 screws on the bottom of the laptop. The screws holding the keyboard in place have a small keyboard symbol next to each of these screws. When you remove the screws you can then lift off the keyboard, take not to damage the ribbon cable and keyboard connector.
The heat-sink and fan is fixed to the CPU with 4 screws, after removing these screws you can remove the fan and heat-sink. It may take a bit of juggling to clear the case. Take care to unlug the fan power cable/connector.
When you replace the fan, don't forger to put new heat-sink compound on the CPU and fan.
I put a wireless card
probably not compatible or drivers not installed
check your wifi card against this list
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-55386
if its here, download the driver
I coudn't found my wirless
There is
no hardware switch wireless. Just hold Fn and press F5. It would brings up a menu that allows you to turn
Bluetooth on/off, WiFi on/off or both.
Hope this helps
I can't find the driver
Hi,
If you're looking for the drivers, you can go to this
site, here you can download the drivers for the network card for your system.
thank you or using fixya. your recommendation is highly appreciated for the free support.
Loose AC Power connector on
This problem is not a "end-user" type of repair.
Take your computer to a qualified technician, for proper repair.
How to unlock an IBM
Power off the computer
Remove the memory cover on the bottom side of the computer.
Short-circuit the two password pads or put a jumper on the contacts to short the circuit.
Under the short-circuit condition, power on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does not appear. The power-on password is removed.
Reinstall the memory cover.
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