Lenovo Thinkpad T61p Wont Start Up
It seems about once a month, I try and turn on my work computer, a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p, and it won’t start. I hit the power button and nada, zilch, nothing. No lights come on, it doesn’t even attempt to boot up. Then I go through the ritual of resetting the transitor (I think that’s what this does….):
- Take out the battery
- Hit the power button 10 times in a row
- On the 10th time, hold the power button down for 30 seconds
- Put the battery back in and start it up!
So if you find yourself with a T61p that won’t start, try the above steps and let me know if they work.
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am
Wow! It worked! No idea what exactly this process does to the laptop, but it DOES work. Thanks!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Good Gravy, this process solved the issue. Thanks Robert, if you can enlighten us to how you learned of the ghost in the machine.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:12 am
OMG! yes this worked!!! mine is a ibm thinkpad r61i and the same problem u guys described mine was having. i did the trick on here and it works. beer4uguys!!!!!
April 13th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
I can’t believe it, but this actually fixed the issue I had with my R61i Thinkpad. This is some premium computer voodoo that saved me a potentially costly trip to the computer repair shop. Thanks!
June 5th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
This was the stupidest sounding fix I’ve ever heard of. Kind of like turning in circles and chanting some incantation. But, since I was ready to drop it off at the local computer shop an pray I could get my files off, what the hell. Somehow, for some reason (that makes no sense) it worked. God bless the internet and this site. PS. I’m backing up all my files right now!!!!