it's dead
Screen, RAM, ROM Drive are all good...

Unless one of you guys think you could fix it.

5/11/2011 12:40:17 PM

Describe "dead"? Does it do anything when you hit the power button? Any beeps, anything on the screen, etc?

5/11/2011 3:25:55 PM

symptoms are the system boots up and loads windows 7. I have a brand new WD HDD in the machine. Ram sticks were tested individually to isolate the problem.

The problem is that it loads windows and will initial function for a minute but then freezes. and when i say freeze I don't mean blue screen or kernel errors. I mean the mouse just stops moving and screen stays exactly as it was...

An IT guru said something about the wireless card being the culprit but I'm not sure. I don't know if it's motherboard or that. I've tested what I know to test... =(

5/11/2011 3:39:13 PM

How much?
Have you reinstalled Windows 7?

[Edited on May 11, 2011 at 3:50 PM. Reason : l]

5/11/2011 3:50:16 PM

HD is brand new and windows 7 was just installed.. it's having the same issue as old HD with winXP

5/11/2011 4:09:46 PM

the beautiful thing about lenovos is that each and every single component is replaceable.



I would find out the FRU for the wireless card (although I doubt that's the issue) from Lenovo's site and see if you can find a new one.



Honestly what you need to be doing is booting into something else and looking to see what the error logs reveal for you.

5/12/2011 7:04:36 PM

Disable the wireless card in BIOS and see if it hangs. If not just use a PCMCIA card and leave the built in card disabled.

5/12/2011 8:56:16 PM

it didn't hang

perhaps take the thing out completely?

5/13/2011 12:44:56 AM

taking it out is pointless unless you're going to put another one in there. disabling it in the bios serves the same function.

http://www.provantage.com/buffalo-technology-wli-uc-gnm~7BRL9069.htm



I just ordered this for someone with a dead internal minipci and a 802.11b PCMICA adapter from 10 years ago.

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 12:53 AM. Reason : crazycode]

5/13/2011 12:52:56 AM

Quote :

"it didn't hang "

That's good news, right? A USB or PCMCIA wireless adapter will cost you around $20.

Assuming this is the built in wireless adapter you can't really take it out. I probably have an 802.11b adapter you can have if you want it.

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 8:46 AM. Reason : l]

5/13/2011 8:46:01 AM