[TriLUG] Advice Please

[Bill Farrow via TriLUG]

Before you abandon hope:

Did you try a forced hard reset by holding down the power button for 30
seconds, disconnecting power and battery?

Did you try booting into Lenovo recovery mode?


Bill


On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM Dwain Sims via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Many thanks to all who replied.  Here I am with an update.
>
> I was able to pull the bottom plate off of the P14s last evening.
> Nothing looks amiss.  The battery looks brand new. No swelling at all
> (unlike most Dells!   This is the brand I have encountered this the most
> on.)
>
> So this system has 16GB of DDR RAM, and it appears that 8GB is soldered on
> the MB and 8 GB is in a single DIMM slot.
>
> I pulled the DIMM and tried again.  No change in behavior.
>
> I also pulled the NVMe card and tried that config.  No change.
>
> I am starting to conclude that the problem lies deep in the  motherboard
> someplace, and the GPU seems very suspect.
>
> I am now left with a very new looking paper weight.  Sigh.  I guess I could
> sell it for parts?
>
> Dwain
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Dwain Sims wrote:
> >
> > > No beeps.  That is a bad sign!
> >
> > yes. that means the BIOS didn't start checking the hardware.
> >
> > is the battery OK (not swollen, charged, pull out the battery and run off
> > the power cable)?
> >
> > try swapping the memory sticks around. In some machines, the BIOS will
> not
> > run if the memory is dead. In others the BIOS makes a loud beep if
> there's
> > no memory.
> >
> > Does the ON button flash when you press it?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
> > Don't upgrade a working machine - it won't work any
> > better - it could work worse; it may not work at all.
> > Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
> >
> >
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