I have an IBM ThinkPad Model R50 Model Type 1836-3SU. I am having intermittent boot problems. I tried everything, then someone suggested I reset cmos by removing the battery. After I removed the CMOS battery, the laptop restarted and the display actually tumed on.It only lasted a short period of time, then the same thing happened. I try connecting an external monitor and pressing the Cltrl and F7 key at the same time while it booted up, that worked a couple times also. Now none of those things work. Does anybody have any idea what I need to do or what to try next? Please respond, this is driving me nuts!
You might be having more than one problem there...so let's start with this: has your LCD been reddish/pinkish on initial boot prior to this last episode?
Do you get a picture on external monitor when the LCD shuts down?
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My LCD Display always showed the correct colors and never showed pinkish colors. In the 2 things that I posted (External monitor w/ Cntrl. f7 key and resetting cmos ) both worked a for a short period of time. But now niether works. I hear the D spinning and the activity lights blinks but no picture at all.
You asked "Do you get a picture on external monitor when the LCD shuts down?" No I get no picture at all anymore.
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