IBM ThinkPad won't boot
I hope this is the right topic. My friend wants me to fix this laptop, it displayed the error no OS. What's weired is that I set the BIOS to boot from:
1.) CD
2.) Removable Devices
3.) Hard Drive
4.) IBA 4.0.22 Slot 0240
After boot up it won't boot from the CD/DVD drive or the Removable Devices.
The Specs for the computer/ BIOS is:
CPU type: Intel Pentium 3 Processor -M
CPU speed: 1.00 GHz
Installed Memory: 348MB
BIOS version: 1.19 (1EET73WW)
1.) CD
2.) Removable Devices
3.) Hard Drive
4.) IBA 4.0.22 Slot 0240
After boot up it won't boot from the CD/DVD drive or the Removable Devices.
The Specs for the computer/ BIOS is:
CPU type: Intel Pentium 3 Processor -M
CPU speed: 1.00 GHz
Installed Memory: 348MB
BIOS version: 1.19 (1EET73WW)
Comments
Does that one have the floppy drive in one ultrabay and optical in the other?
What are you using as media for it to boot?
Actually I had a T-series thinkpad from that era with the same specs. Try resetting the CMOS by unplugging the coin battery in the battery bay (which requires removing the physical laptop battery) and plugging both of them back in. Then reset your settings and try again. I had that issue on those series occasionally, never could figure out the reason.
Well It's an IBM machine, this what it has:
CD/DVD drive
2 usb ports
an extra drive bay
and other ports.
I was trying for any thing to boot from. Thank you Noon, I will try that when I find the time too.