IBM ThinkPad T43 - Non-boot problem.

[Tesla]

My mother's T43 is not functioning correctly.

I have done some initial diagnosis and concluded that:

Usually the computer does not start. Powers on but LCD remains blank, no HDD activity.

Sometimes I get 1 set of 4 short beeps, no display.

Sometimes it hangs on the IBM bios screen.

Sometimes it gets to XP, sometimes hangs booting XP.

Once I managed top get in to the XP desktop I pressed the KB where the connector lies underneath, this caused it to crash.

I have swapped out the memory so not that.

Any ideas, I couldn't even find out what the beep codes meant.

TIA,

Chris

 

[Tesla]

Have now resolved the 4 beep issue by reseating memory.

So the only issue is now crashing all within around 1min of being powered on.

 

[Tesla]

Bump?

 

[Tesla]

Thanks guys. I have emailed the company we bought it off as it's only 5months old (re-con).