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> Hi,
>
> I bought the above on ebay 3 weeks ago and just received it today ( coz of
> postal strike )
>
> When i switch it on, the lcd and power lights come on and i hear the HD
> starting to work away but nothing
> else happens. No Sound, Blank LCD.

>
> Mike wrote in message
> news:c69ae0$f9i$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I bought the above on ebay 3 weeks ago and just received it today ( coz
of
> > postal strike )
> >
> > When i switch it on, the lcd and power lights come on and i hear the HD
> > starting to work away but nothing
> > else happens. No Sound, Blank LCD.
>
> Its a long shot, but if you think the laptop is working - have you tried
> cycling the video signal through the different modes?
>
> I have a IBM T21 and you can cycle the video output from Screen to VGA-out
> using Fn - F7 together, I dont know whether the 600e is the same.
>
> When mine is on VGA-out you get nothing on the screen and when mine boots
to
> Win98 it defaults to VGA (blank) for some reason. Thing is.....I always
get
> the bios screen first before it goes blank.
>
> To be honest it doesnt sound like this is your problem but its worth a
try?
>
> Chunkers
>

>

> Hi,
>
> I bought the above on ebay 3 weeks ago and just received it today (
> coz of postal strike )
>
> When i switch it on, the lcd and power lights come on and i hear the
> HD starting to work away but nothing else happens.
> No Sound, Blank LCD.

> Mike wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I bought the above on ebay 3 weeks ago and just received it today (
> > coz of postal strike )
> >
> > When i switch it on, the lcd and power lights come on and i hear the
> > HD starting to work away but nothing else happens.
> > No Sound, Blank LCD.
>
> Press and hold the F1 key down while powering on the system. Release after
> the MEMCOUNT completes and you hear the POST beep.
>
> Run all of the BIOS tests and report back.
>
> Check the CMOS battery voltage. Its under the memory access door on the
> bottom of the unit.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>

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