#Lenovo thinkpad won't turn on
surreal cloud
I've tried changing ram among other things
It charges
It just won't turn on at all
grave plover
If all the internal connections are good, there could be a short on the motherboard.
If you haven't, try unplugging the battery and CMOS battery [if there is one], then hold the power button for 30s. Plug everything back in and try to power on.
surreal cloud
If all the internal connections are good, there could be a short on the motherbo...
will do, thank you for the response
@grave plover I did it, the only thing that changed was that the light stayed on for longer, any other advice?
grave plover
<@219606446084587521> I did it, the only thing that changed was that the light s...
Unless you have thermal imaging equipment you're not going to find the short. Unless there's physical burn marks.
It's likely 1 chip on the board that decided to quit. It'd require desoldering, cleaning the area, a new chip, and then soldering the chip back of. If you keep turning it on a few times you might be able to feel heat. The hot part would be the area of the short. Just be careful with this part, don't try turning it on more than a few times or it could start burning the area of the short.
same with your finger
grave plover
If you want, try searching for companies like Rossmann Repair Group. Nothing but honest work. Ask before sending your laptop though, because it's pretty rare they do board repairs on non-macs.
surreal cloud
If you want, try searching for companies like Rossmann Repair Group. Nothing but...
I got some tools at the engineering department of my school and I'll see if I can do anything there
grave plover
If your school has soldering equipment, i'm going to poop my own brain out. ||unless it's a uni or something||
grave plover
ofc it is
surreal cloud
so if it's like anything fbga I'm done for
grave plover
It'd be a complete bitch to do, but as long as you have an identical donor board or the exact same chip itself, it can be done.
surreal cloud
It'd be a complete bitch to do, but as long as you have an identical donor board...
found the short
didn't hit a chip or anything
the part is very small but idk if I can get a replacement cause of it
I might just get a new board unless it's cheaper to get it repared
grave plover
look like this?
surreal cloud
yup
grave plover
It's a capacitor
grave plover
A good chunk of the time there's one more part that'll also be shorted with the capacitor
surreal cloud
alright let me continue the search
grave plover
It might not throw heat until the capacitor is fixed. That's also assuming it's not just the capacitor.
surreal cloud
only thing that was visibly hit was another much smaller capacitor
grave plover
hit?
surreal cloud
damage
grave plover
could have it been a bad install from factory?
surreal cloud
nah it was prob something I did, it was handed down to me from my dad
I was swiching out my wifi card before
grave plover
guessing all this happened right after
surreal cloud
yeah
I think it's still serviceable by hand but it's gonna be real hard to do
hit or miss
grave plover
If it even is still good and assuming the traces are fine, it could be resoldered. It'd just be very likely to fail down the line.
wise linden
If you're lucky just removing the cap might just fix it
grave plover
It's not a cap one, it's a chip.
wise linden
Oh
grave plover
look like this?
the circled one in the photo is the one we're talking about
surreal cloud
Yeah I'll probably just scrap it for parts if I can't figure it out, it's pretty old anyway
I don't wanna pour too much money into it
grave plover
Remove the HDD and plop it in a new system
grave plover
np