T42 HD replacement

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• T42 Fan replacement compatibility

  I replace the fan on a ThinkPad T42 2379 - 1.

  Could someone please confirm that the correct replacement fan is "fan (short) (14.1 - po)" FRU # 26R7860.

  Very appreciated

  IBM maintenance (that's $49) parts or eBay.

• T42 HD replaced, can't get recovery disk to work correctly and the restoration

  Hello team!

  I bought a ThinkPad to a company going out of business and was happy with it until the hard drive starts to panic.  I replaced the hard drive with a new Western Digital 250 GB and ordered recovery of the place disks in Atlanta.  The discs arrived and I thought I was ready for my new computer.  I'm following all the instructions contained in the installation, change startup to boot from the CD.  I get the welcome recovery screen and try clicking on restore factory settings.  At this point, I get a screen that says "in order to move forward, your system must be restarted.  I have a past that point now matter what I try.

  I love this little machine, but I'm afraid that I breathe is no longer new life in it?

  Do you have any suggestions?

  Thank you!

  slhackett

  
  

• Steps for non-techie replace HDD on T42?

  My trusty T42-2378-R6U runs out of room.  I want to upgrade the hard drive, but I don't know what steps I have to take for this.  I am running Win XP.  Please start from the beginning... I've never done this before.

  While I'm this should I install more RAM?  I currently have 1 GB installed.

  All other maintenance things I do while I opened the machine?  Replace the fan?

  Thanks in advance,

  Koshki

  
  

• T42 replacement HARD drive compatibility

  Could I get a confirmation that the

  Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVE 250 GB 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache 2.5 "Ultra ATA100 IDE / ATA-6 inter... Portable Hard Drive - bare Drive is compatible with the T42?

  It will work.

• T42 can't see hard drive

  Happy new year everyone, hope it was a good Christmas break.

  In the hope of an expert; I have a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad T42. The hard drive died so I replaced it. I bought a new hard drive and Windows 7. I can boot from the DVD and try to install but when I get to the section where I can choose where to install the OS I don't see the drive listed. I know the drive is good, as I tested it in another laptop and can see the drive in a caddy. I also see the drive in the BIOS, but I simply do not see as an option when you try to install the OS. The only option I have is to load a 3rd party driver to see if it works, but I've never had to do this before.

  Any ideas to stop going me crazy and crying in the keyboard.

  Thanks in advance

  Martin

  T42 does not have the above option in the BIOS as it was designed when the PATA disks were standard.

• T42 that LCD screens are compatible?

  Hi people

  I cracked the display of my T42 and trying to find a replacement part.

  The FRU for my LCD is 92 6737 P (which is curiously found in T43 not T42 to but anyway.)

  What I need to get a replacement with exactly the same FRU or is it a wider range of

  fitting LCD screens?

  I would be very happy if someone could help me with this issue, as I am very attached to my old machine

  one wouldn't want to replace.

  You can use any 14 "SXGA + LCD of the T4x series the other FRU being 11 P 8346

  I hope this helps.

• T42 - USB + biometric controller driver problem

  Dear community,

  This is my first post desperate, after talking to Lenovo technicians yesterday for more than 2 hours.

  That's happened?

  I sent my T42 (2373-H6U, teacher of XP SP2) in and Lenovo BIOS update, replaced some plastics etc...

  Last Thursday, I tried to move some data on my external hard drive, and it seemed to take forever. So I decided to restore the factory settings and did so yesterday. However, it still seemed that I have USB speed issues (in the Device Manager, the system recognizes the USB ports, but the speed is 1.1 instead of 2.0, who she was before sending them in.) and windows did not recognize the drivers of biometric processor...

  So what I did, I

  USB:

  -ran PC doctor and he says that this usb device is not installed...

  -installed the chipset intel... http://www-307.IBM.com/PC/support/site.WSS/document.do?sitestyle=Lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-46058

  -tried to install this but works not because it does not work on my system... WIN NT 4.0: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4TQVCU

  What now?

  BIOMETRIC processor:

  -anything yet, because I have not found a driver...

  Bottom line:

  Lenovo said drop it again (still under warranty) but I have to LEAVE THE COUNTRY TUESDAY FOR a YEAR AND THEY DON'T want TO SHIP overseas!

  Maybe one of you can enlighten us on that.

  At soon Barthezz

  I'm sorry to say you need to send the machine. The Southbridge chip on the motherboard is a failure and the Board needs to be replaced or the chip in a re-ball. Good luck.

• Additional memory T42

  Hi all

  I am a user of 2374-A63 T42 and basically I was wondering if there was a way to upgrade my memory. I heard that there are 2 memory slots, one under the keyboard and another on the side rear of the laptop.

  I already have 1 GB installed and I want to make the most of my T42...

  Thanks in advance.

  Welcome to the forum!

  Your T42 will take 2 x 1 GB PC2700 (DDR333) computer laptop RAM. All the instructions on how to replace the stick under the keyboard is in the HMM:

  http://www-307.IBM.com/PC/support/site.WSS/document.do?sitestyle=Lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-46464

  I hope this helps.

• Intermittent wireless on T42

  I've been running my wireless for several years now on my Type T42 2378 RGU, when a few weeks ago I got the message of type 'no wireless networks detected. By the process of elimination, I have determined that the likely culprit was my wireless card, an Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG network adapter. I got the FRU number (FRU 27K 9936) and ordered a replacement, which I installed 2 days ago. Started back to the top and still "found a wireless network. I turned off the computer and came back the next day. He works from a cold start, and worked the wireless! Hooray! But spoke to soon. Later in the afternoon, I went, and it was back to "no wireless found" while at the same time my T61 just sitting beside her worked very well on the wireless. the only thing I can guess is that there is a loose somewhere, fitting that I had turned my laptop upside down yesterday to replace the screw on the side of the touchpad of the computer. It was shortly after this time that the wireless doesn't work anymore. I left the laptop on it overnight, and today when I logged in, the wireless was working again!

  So I think I need to find the most likely for an intermittent connection. Any ideas? Where is the antenna located on the T42? Or anything else that could be causing this? I am running Windows XP Pro sp3.

  Thank you!

  A way of to detrmine for sure if it's a hardware or a software problem would be to boot from a Linux CD "live."

  If your wireless network is running Linux, there is a driver/software XP problem.

  If it isn't, we start to look at the hardware...

  My suggestion - because I know that it works out of the box on T4x machines:

  http://www.linuxmint.com/Edition.php?id=92

  Good luck.

• Display T42 problem

  Hey guys, I recently got an IBM t42 and its worked great until yesterday when all of a sudden he started having blackouts at random intervals. At first I thought it must be a screen issue so I tried to plug it into a secondary moniter, but when I did, I had the same problem. It has blackened on the secondary screen shortly after start-up also. It will also blackout when it moves or when I've close it and open it again, or when I try to start a movie or play a game. Any help would be great.

  your GPU is having a problem. You would probably need to reflow the GPU or replace the motherboard.

• Error0200 T42

  I have a Thinkpad T42 has got a bit of water by accident 2 weeks ago. Now, the computer does not work. It is listed as error0200. Tried CD recovery used to correct, but it shows there is an internal error occurred and stop execution of the recovery. Organic may not recognize the hard drive. There is a sign - next to the HD. Help, please. Thank you, Tam

  Welcome to the forum!

  You will need to replace the hard drive. I hope that nothing else was damaged.

  Good luck.

• T42 - stop and restart after the connection

  My T42, running on Windows XP, suddenly stops right after the connection and while the hotkeys on the loading screen.

  A message in white letters on a blue screen starts like this:

  "A problem has been detected and windows has been suthdown to prvent from damage to your computer.

  IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL

  If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. "If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

  And the product message points to check any new hardware or software installation. I have not recently installed a software or hardware, so I'm a little lost on how to proceed from here.

  No clue on what could be the problem or any recommendation, short doing a full recovery from a recent backup?

  Any help will be much appreciated. Thenks.

  = UPDATE =.

  After running a few tests using the blue Access IBM button and PC Doctor 2.0 running, memory tests have shown the following results:

  Fast memory - all sockets - failed

  Fast memory - Support 1 - spent

  Fast memory - take 2 - failed

  This seems to indicate that one of the two memory is faulty. This hypothesis is correct?

  If so, what should be the next step? My laptop is out of warranty. I should bring it to a repair shop, or could I order the replacement and install it myself easily?

  I am not versed in repairs to equipment and feel a bit discouraged to start to mess with storage media...

  Any advice, please?

  Thank you

  It is probably a faulty stick of RAM in the second location rather than the power socket. Best bet is to remove the module RAM then see how it goes.

  Second is really easy to access. It is under the laptop - there is a small door in the middle of the base set with a single screw. Remove the screws and remove the door to expose the RAM module. Pull the wire staples on the outside of the restraint SODIMM socket and the RAM module should appear and then remove. Replace the cover and try the laptop again.

  IF you must replace the T42 uses to off the shelf of a DDR SO-DIMM, PC2700 speed RAM - needs. Will take up to a 1 GB module in each socket. First is harder to do because he must remove the keyboard to get home. It is only 4 screws but can be a bit tedious for a novice.

  Edit: The instructions for IBM appropriate here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-46513.html

• T42 silver for screen cracked and separated the left side support post

  Hello team support Lenovo Forum!

  The post of support money left on my T42 display screen is cracked and separated at the base where it connects to the computer.  Can I replace this part?  I looked in the user guide, replaceable units, but did not find anything.  Would appreciate any help.  This laptop is old, but I still like to use it.

  Thank you!

  Jim

  Delete:

  battery, hard drive, Media Player.

  keyboard and palmrest, bezel keyboaard.

  Get the wireless card.

  Unscrew the cover.

  Remove the bezel of the LCD screen.

  Swap the hinge.

  Reverse.

  And Yes, the same goes for the T60 as it would be to T42.

  Good luck.

• T42 2373 dead?

  Hi forum,

  I have a T42 model 2373 and get the error "fan error". So I buyed a new and replace as described in the maintenance manual. After I rebuild the T42, the computer looks dead. When I push the power button, the battary lamp blinks short and nothing that more occur. I connect the power and when I push the power button once again, the bluetooth led will begin to Flash. No BIOS, fan does not work, the projection of the small lamp at the power supply works do not light. Only the lamp of the battery is activated, when I connect the power supply. This lamp is green and glittering. What's up with that. I kill the mainboard change the fan?

  So I hope that everyone knows what is happening.

  Greetz

  Woodpeaker

  So guys, tired on this subject! I bought a surfboard renovated - build, and tracks fine T42 again. Just at the moment where, my son arrived with his T42 with - make a guess - "fan error". OK and once again...

  Thanks to all, for thinking about my problem and try to help.

  So long.

  André