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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:04:09 -0500
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] TOT I think my T21 is dead
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Dave Saville wrote:
> My T21 keeps freezing - regardless of what OS I boot. Initially I
> thought it might be the NIC. As some of you may recall I had a fault a
> year or so back in that it would not boot with the Intel Pro mini PCI
> modem/LAN card. Turned out the modem side had a fault that stopped the
> boot process in its tracks. Lewis kindly helped me out with another and
> when I saw that for every freeze the link light on the switch had gone
> out I assumed it was that again and switched it for a 3Com.
> Unfortunately this is the one that does not play with OS/2 and has a
> top speed of one byte a week. :-( 
>
> But now it is freezing with that card, although in this case the switch
> light stays on. Unlike a "normal" WPS freeze this is solid in that not
> even the mouse moves. The only way out is to hold down the power switch
> until it gets the message I *really* want it to turn off.
>
> Another symptom is that on a cold boot the IBM logo stays on screen for
> ages before I get the password prompt and the boot seems to take
> longer.
>
> I have a copy of PC Doctor and that runs *all* diagnostics clean. So I
> am somewhat stumped as to what it might be and which bit to kick. It
> started a couple of days ago when I left it on battery, which ran down,
> and it suspended itself. Restoring mains power I had quite a job
> getting it back and had to reboot as it would not come out of the,
> possibly, incomplete suspend because of the low power. Although it
> worked the left hand battery light kept blinking and it was not
> charging. A complete power cycle sorted that, but as I say, it has not
> been right ever since.
>
> Any ideas?   
>
> Assuming it is dead, what is my best choice for a replacement? From
> what I read here and elsewhere it would appear that I would be better
> off with a s/h T43 as the highest level machine to persuade OS/2 to run
> on. Anyone know the highest model that fits on the same port replicater
> as the T21? I seem to recall it changed with the T4x series.
>
> TIA
>
>   
Hello Dave,

I would start  by removing everything that I could remove, i.e. the CD 
ROM, the Mini PCI card, and any PC Cards and see if it will boot okay 
without them. If you have another HDD that you could try, then you 
should. I would also try removing half of the RAM and rebooting. Then 
swap RAM and reboot. That would rule out problems with all of the 
easy-to-change hardware.

All the best!

Stu Updike
Bedford, Texas
USA