IBM ThinkPad - Popular Questions, Answers, Tips & Manuals

When old IBM Think Pads fail to boot it is usually because the CMOS battery has worn out. It is very easy and inexpensive to replace. Youtube has numerous videos showing how to replace it e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZI-8Q2j-zQ

RTM yet, at lenovo.com? well why not put in a NEW CMOS coin cell first so BIOS stops telling you lies. Chaos. CMOS dies at 7 years then CMOS configs are corrupted in NVRAM then it lies to you, all PCs do this with bad $1 battery dead. all do. 2005 PC right not one ran for 13 year, none. 128 bits all wrong and telling lies, and no you using a volt meter on coin and below 2.9vdc is the cliff of deathh and lies endless and can not be ignored.

t43-nnnnn what is nnnnnn????? it came with options 1;NONE 2: BLUETOOTH AND DIAL UP MODEM 3: OR INTEL PRO CARD. WIFI Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG DOES ETHERNET CABLE WORK DIRECT (1ST ACT ALWAYS) THIS 1ST ACT MAKES PNP WORK DO THE WIFI CARDS CAN WORK NEXT. the jack is left side RJ45 ! OR Go to lenovo.com get your wifi driver or all of them and back them up. if you run this. https://www.hwinfo.com/download/ see left side if page that app,see see all LAN network things what you see is what you got. (its more fancy device manager) learn to get ethernet working first and WIN PnP is useless with internet dead. xp is worse yet. run lunix on old trash boxes

Sounds like you need to have this repaired by a computer repair shop.

Yes, remove and replace the cmos battery...some can be unclipped and older ones can be unsoldered...

Try to put out the cmos battery for 5 mins or longer, then press the power button (with unplug power cord). Put back the cmos battery then try again.

load the pad driver from lenovo.com and T40 2379 (MADE 2006) RIP RELIC. and your unstated OS. they must match. windows what? I guess we can not guess your OS came new OS/2 W98 top xp THEY ENDED ALL SUPPORT ON THIS RELIC. 12 OLD AT YOUR POST.

Are you sure your device is properly connected to your wifi? i mean are you able to browse google with it? Because it seems your device is not really connected to wifi or getting a limited connectivity.

NO PC MODEL TOLD AT ALL NOR ANY OS. WINDOWS VERSION WHAT? THAT IS WINDOWS FEATURE TURNED ON CALLED AUTO SCROLL. LEARN TO ASK AT Microsoft .com here I will do that for you now first google hit. (control panel mouse settings) 'https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disable-auto-scroll-feature/b71585fb-c138-4573-953b-0c444da49c03

If you were a client of our company, you would know we have no drivers We are only a group of people who try to help other people with PRODUCT problems they have. God bless your efforts.

Since you were not able to access the internet with your thinkpad wired directly to the livebox router, your internet service provider may be the problem, however, before you call them, do what they would have you do anyway:

1. Power off everything, the livebox and the computer and leave them both off for 10 to 30 seconds.
2. Turn on the livebox and let it completely cycle up until the lights stabilize.
3. Turn on your thinkpad and let it completely finish the boot process.
4. Check that the wired connection to the thinkpad gives you access to the Internet.
   1. If not, you'll want to call your Internet Service Provider before proceeding.
5. Check your wireless connection to see if it is now working.
   1. If not, check to make sure you are using the correct SSID (the name that shows up in the "list" of available Wi-Fi connections), and that it says connected and secured.
   2. If you have a secure connection to the correct SSID and still cannot reach the Internet via Wi-Fi then something else is wrong. For example, your thinkpad may have been infected with malware that is affecting your thinkpad's ability to connect to web pages.

sounds like you need a new battery, contact your local pc shop

Not sure which brand it is, but usually if the fingerprint software is still there you can simply register your fingerprint with it. Try to look at the control panel or just search the fingerprint on start button.

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14.1 or 15" screen not told and key parts are not the same. no full model told T41 is series only. a 2004 made PC, 13 years old and expect it to work , no way can it. it's old unless kept fully serviced in real shop, just like cars they need seRvice. for sure fresh new and good batteries and full HDD drive tests. 13 YEARS OLD 1) REMOVE THAT OLD ROTTEN, BIG BATTERY NOW AND RUN ON AC POWER PACK, for now even FOREVER,. SO STEP2 IS NEW COIN CELL CMOS BATTERY AND WHEN DEAD CAN NOT BE IGNORED. page 111 PDF page# in the manual shows this backup battery CMOS and is fully dead and useless this old we replace them all. it is a pig tail battery coin type. and has 2 partnumbes, 14.1 and 15 " last is HDD tests, ask how or run the IBM diagnostics. dah manual https://www.manualsbase.com/manual/downloadmanual/190606/ free. do he captcha, and is free. RTC CMOS battery is $3 to 5 bucks. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=battery+++92P0986&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=battery&_osacat=0 and https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=battery+++02K6572&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=battery+++92P0986&_osacat=0 that is it. if bios screens show date wrong the coin is dead if the bios shows, post erros 260,270,271 the coin is dead, the manual covers the 3 errors. RTM??

hi have a look at this pdf it shows you everything inside your comp; also it could be a driver issue for you video card https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6189.pdf

connect an external monitor to your laptop and check if you get display on the external monitor. if there is display than the issue is with the laptop monitor and you should replace the monitor screen, if the problem still remains the same when you connect the external monitor than it could be a software related issue. check and see if you get any display in BIOS mode. if you do then it could mean the OS is corrupted and you should reinstall the OS

If you need to reset it, you can get a recovery disk from IBM Lenovo which will be much cheaper than getting a new copy of Windows. When you call up IBM, make sure you keep your serial no handy.

fails with CD tray empty and all usb ports empty? sure there are 20 causes of PC freezes.. this is not new ground. Gee wiz leave the huge battery out and run on AC power. only using only the AC >DC powerpack, well doe it run correctly now? C14 says (age) 1999 PC made , so is 18 years old then,. no battery lasts 18 years ever., for sure the coin cell CMOS battery is dead, and when that happens BIOS goes MAD (as a hatter) key word CHAOS. error 251 (post) is this. and 260 and 270. too,. My gosh vast IBM documents exist on this PC (IBM is BOSS, PRIME in this quality metric) the battery is page 75 here. https://www.dlmanuals.com/manual/ibm-2626hnu-thinkpad-390x-2626/user-manual/75?keywords=rtc#manualwrapwrap failure #3 of 20. is bad HDD, we must test it next running HDD tests on a good 2nd PC.. if OS on bad PC is dead. failure #4 bad power pack. AC to DC fails to run PC with old useless now, 18 year old huge battery removed; full stop. have up to 16 more to go, parts inside bad. end relic PC post.