I've got a weird situation that I've never seen before in a laptop.
Until last night, I've been running on this box for years without any issues. Opened the lid and the box didn't come back to life from sleeping, so I powered it down and rebooted; I was greeted with the "Start normally or safe mode" option - took Start normally. Box rebooted on its own. Now when I boot the box, I'm given "Launch recovery" or "Start windows": - Starting Windows simply reboots the box again - Launching recovery gets me the white thermometer on the black screen: o Sometimes it fills completely before the box simply stops o Sometimes it doesn't even fill before the box simply stops Here's the weird part: - The machine is not hung - I can toggle Num Lock - The HDD is not spinning because there's no indicator light blinking - it's thinking deep thoughts Here's the weirder part: - Thinking it was a bad HDD, I put in a fresh one but I can't get the box to boot into Windows 7 - The machine is now running wicked hot, because there's no power management installed at this point. Here's the weirdest part: - If I try to boot off a USB drive, I get part way through the "Windows is Loading Files" before it stops work (and just sits there) - If I try to boot off a DVD disc, I get part way through the "Windows is Loading Files" before it stops work (and just sits there) - If I try to boot off from the LAN, I get part way through the "Windows is Loading Files" before it stops work (and just sits there) Just for S&G, I booted off the LAN and let it sit for about 90 minutes. Progress bar continues to move but it's moving at about 2 pixels per 15 minutes. it's almost like the "old days" when the Turbo button got pressed accidentally. Stats: 4GB RAM 160GB 7200rpm x64 version of Windows 7 I have no issues with getting a new HDD in place on the box and I'd like to save it - it's got the monster resolution display - but I'm at a loss as to what's wrong. Thanks, Randy _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
