intocomputing2 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Today I ran into a problem with the Thinkpad A31, the screen is completely black and nothing shows on it, neither the IBM logo nor the boot screen for the bios, when I turn on the laptop it remains silent, and doesn't give any type of sounds, although one of the times I tried it gave me 4 beeps then stopped then gave me other 4 beeps and that was it, nothing else happened and the screen remained black, does anyone know what kind of problem could this be? or if it's possible to fix it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Have you changed anything recently, like adding the memory from the other Thinkpad? Has liquid been spilled on it previously? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intocomputing2 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) Have you changed anything recently, like adding the memory from the other Thinkpad? Has liquid been spilled on it previously?No and Yes, what I did was open it up, and take out the RAM memory from the A31, after checking how much there was I put it right back in, I didn't switch it with the memory on the R40 at all, and there hasn't been any liquid spilled onto the A31. Edited February 19, 2008 by intocomputing2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 it sounds as if the memory is not seated properly. I would take it out and reinsert it. Make sure it is in all the way. I suppose you may have a piece of dust messing up your connection. you may want to blow out the memory slot.edita added later//with some ibm think pads, 4 beeps refers to a low battery. Do you have it plugged in? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intocomputing2 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 with some ibm think pads, 4 beeps refers to a low battery. Do you have it plugged in?No, I took out the battery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usurus Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Maybe the backlight of LCD panel is bad. Look at the panel from different angles, see you can find the dimmed display or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 if youve taken the battery out you will have to go to the bios and reset your time and dateif the time and date have gone back in time your compt wont respondgo there and and check both marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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