Stuck at IBM Thinkpad Splash Screen

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. Might be a defective hdd aswell, in this case to make sure you can run a DFT test, www.google.com -> Look up for " Test DFT " ( Drive fitness tool from hitachi, will make an hardware diag if hdd failure - error code 0x00 = everything fine, other code = Issue - You can look up for accurate code explanation on hitachi website ) thanks and have a nice day J-

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armania62

Yes, it's possible, but unless you are a qualified laptop technician, I recommend that you take both computers to a qualified technician, to get the job done properly and safely and correctly.

Hi,
This may sound silly but it is often overlooked by many people......Have you changed your T.V channel to AV? There is usualy av1 and av2 options. Try these and let me know if you have any success or not.
Regards,
Graemevm

no it will not work.

HI IM LOOKING FOR THE DRIVRS FOR MY LABTOP T40 I NEED ALL OF THEM I LOOKED IN TO IBM SUPPORT.COM BUT I CANT FIND IT SO IF ANYONE KNOW WHERER I MAY FIND IT HELP ME OUT THANK YOU

try to check your settings on the display properties ->screen saver->monitor power. make sure the power is turn off never.

Hi,
I know it sounds wierd, but take out the memory, and install 1 piece from one of the working machines. Put the cover back on, but as you boot, put pressure on the cover, as if to push the memory into the motherboard.
These have this happen alot.
Good luck

This error can be caused by one or more of the below possibilities:

HDD
Power suply
Ram
Cooler dont work propertly
Or you are infected with virus
But most of those problem happent when HDD is damanged!

I would say the hard drive is failing. But need to run a diagnostic on it to be sure.

If you would like to know where to get the ibm / hitachi hard drive diagostic let me know. It's free for download and you can get a bootable ISO image to burn onto cd. Allowing you to boot from cd in order to test the drive.

As far as replacing, you should be good with a 60gb or 80gb. Did it orginally have a 20gb in it? I would say for most people, 60-80 is way more than enough. Unless you have a ton of music or pictures.