Thanks for the suggestions. The X220 worked okay for a while and then eventually I had to turn it off or hibernate (I forget). After I did that, when I tried to turn it on it wouldn't respond. I'd press the power button, the fingerprint reader light would go off, the power button would blink, and it would sit. It's possible the fan would start to spin and then stop. Then the fingerprint reader light would go on again and it would sit patiently waiting.
Really lucky, I bought an extra 2 years NBD last week (on the last day of factory warranty!). Called and someone's coming Wednesday (I can't be here Tuesday). Phone agent thinks it system board, I also got an off-list reply suggesting it might be the HD. I'm hoping it continues to fail on Wednesday. I'm going to bite the bullet and order an SSD today, in case Lenovo don't change the HD. They've come down a lot since I posted a few months ago about upgrading (at the time I decided to do nothing, couldn't decide between a small mSATA for hibernation/boot and a replacement for the HD :). Cheapest I've noticed recently was a 1-day Newegg special of U$190 on a Samsung 256GB. Since that 1 day wasn't today :) it's not an option. I have a narrow window to order something from Amazon Prime and get it delivered to US this Wednesday. I'm thinking of getting a Crucial M4 which was recommended and has great ratings (minimum 256GB because I'm coming off a 250GB HD). My options from Amazon Prime are: 256GB=U$204 or 512GB=U$399 for the CT###M4SSD2, or 256GB=U$219 for CT256M4SSD1. Is there a difference between D1 and D2? I can't see one but the specs are not presented consistently on Amazon. I'll probably need a data transfer kit, they have one from Apricorn for U$19, or I can get a Crucial bundle (256GB=U$223 for CT256M4SSD2CCA, don't see others but that's U$19 for the cable and CD). Don't see bundle in 512GB or D1 from Amazon, so if those are the choice I'll go with Apricorn (okay?). I have about 40-60GB free on the HD (so haven't been too aggressive it keeping it down), I'm wondering if the 256GB would be big enough. I know prices will drop, but if I buy 256GB for $204 now and need more, the 512GB will have to drop from today's $400 to $200 or less to have been worth it. FWIW, FutureShop has the 256GB(D2)=C$210, 256GB(D2CCA)=C$220, 512GB(D2)=C$500 (512 out of stock). Online only it says, but surprisingly competitive on 256GB. I might or might not have to pay the 13% HST (sales tax) which would make FS very appealing (domestic vendor in case of issues) unfortunately that tax will be based on a business decision I'll make in October 2012. So I'm planning to go with Amazon Prime. Have about 4 hours to order. Alternatively, the Sandisk Extreme is stated in one of the Amazon Crucial images as even faster than M4, 240GB (SDSSDX-240G-G25) = U$207, 480GB (SDSSDX-480G-G25) = U$435, does anyone recommend this over the Crucial M4? Sorry for the disjointed wording of this email, I'm writing it on the web interface. Thanks! =aw On July 9, 2012 at 1:38 AM "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Perhaps the hibernation file got corrupt? You might want to remove > it, run a CHKDSK, and then recreate it. Here's how to do that: > > 1. Open an elevated Command Prompt (filename: CMD.EXE) as you > normally would. > > 2. At the prompt, type "powercfg /h off" to disable hibernation > (this will remove the HIBERFIL.SYS file used by the system for > hibernation). > > 3. At the prompt, type "chkdsk c: /b" to perform a detailed test > of the file system on drive C:. A reboot may be required for > the chkdsk to run, which can take a while. > > 4. If you had to reboot, open an elevated command prompt again > and issue a "powercfg /h on" command to recreate the HIBERFIL.SYS > file and enable hibernation. > > Hopefully that should solve the problem. > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > At 10:00 AM 7/6/2012, you wrote: > >Message: 2 > >Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:36:29 -0400 (EDT) > >From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] X220: dead? > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: > > <10955759.60501.1341588989260.javamail.open-xcha...@email.1and1.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > > > > >Hello all, > > > >Late last night my X220 was working fine. I don't remember whether I > >hibernated > >or just shut the lid, but this morning it wasn't working. It may or may not > >be > >working now, I hit the power button to document for this email what > >it does, and > >I got a "System Resume?" message. I don't know if it will recover or if it's > >okay, so here's what was happening this morning. > > > > > >When I opened the lid the only light was the fingerprint reader. I > >hit the power > >button, the fingerprint reader light turned off, the keyboard light blinked, > >capslock blinked, the battery indicator light went on (and maybe > >off), and then > >it sat there with only the power button lit (and maybe the battery > >indicator). > > > > > > > >The HD indicator never blinked. If I plugged it in, the AC-power indicator > >didn't light. It just sat there with the fan running. If (after a > >few minutes) I > >hit the power button again, the fan went quiet, the power button was dark, > >and > >the fingerprint reader was lit (the last state is what you'd expect, I > >guess). > > > > > > > >Now as I said, while I was typing this on another machine, I hit the button > >to > >make sure I had the above behaviour right, and it booted. And went > >to an (80x25 > >display) message saying the last attempt at System Resume (?) > >failed, did I want > >to continue or to go something else. I said continue and eventually I got a > >Windows prompt and what looks like its last state. :) Battery says 0:54 so it > >wasn't like a phone when the battery's running on fumes. > > > > > > > >I'm going to start by running a backup :) and hope it continues to work. > > > > > > > >Can anyone suggest what was wrong, and if there was a fix? BTW I > >tried this 4 or > >5 times always with the same result, except the last time. I was > >fearing having > >to call Lenovo and get service on Monday. > > > > > > > >Thanks! > > > >=aw > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
