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??
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