The cause of the trackpoint/keyboard freeze a few seconds after boot (regardless whether WXP or OS/2) was a defective battery!
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:01:26 -0600, Rob Bell wrote: >Definitely sounds like some type of hardware issue. I'd suspect either >a failing HD or a temperature problem. Do you hear weird clicking >noises from the HD? What happens if you shut it down and let it cool >off completely (for an hour or so) and then start it back up? Do you >get more 'good' time before it locks up? > >To diagnose the HD as a culprit, you could try removing the HD and >booting with a Linux Live CD and see if that works fine. > >Rob > >[email protected] wrote: >> T43 WXP was in suspend, didn't come back to life. >> I shut down and rebooted and it wasn't behaving >> right. Tried safe mode, then revert to last good >> config etc a couple of times. Hard drive spun a >> lot. >> >> It finally boots but after the dt comes up normally, >> in about a minute the mouse and keypad freeze. You can >> actually see 2-3 images of the cursor where it apparently >> was moving and the screen repaint process was stalled >> somehow. >> >> This is the same with T43 keyboard or ext >> keyboard connected via ports on back of dock. >> >> Very keen for ideas what kind of thing might be >> wrong or what more I need to do to diagnose as I'm >> about to fly to USA tomorrow and don't know what >> to do. I'm using my step-father's old Dell now :( >> >> Tks for all help >> Jeffrey Race _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
