T61 Not Booting

[bocraw]

I am having major emergency and in full-out panic mode.

Got back from lunch and my T61 screen was black. Pushing spacebar and moving mouse did not wake. I used power button to shut down.

The computer will not power up. When I push the power button the green lights appear and it acts like it is about to boot up, then I get a series of 3 beeps. One long followed by two shorts (beeeep beep beep). That is it.

I have removed battery and let set for a while, reinserted battery and gotten the same result. I have not been able to get anything to show on monitor--just three beeps when I try to boot up.

I have T61 (7662CTO) with Windows 7.

Please help!

[bocraw]

According to document I found in knoledgebase, that series of beeps means this:

• System board
• LCD assembly
• DIMM

What does this mean in terms of action steps?

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

try taking your memory out then try one at a time I think that beep code is system memory but I could be wrong

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

sometimes you just need to reseat the memory

[bocraw]

I have reset the memory and tried booting with just one in different slots. Same result every time. Any suggestions on what to try next?

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

do you have the NVidia GPU if so it may not be good see this http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/T61p-exhibiting-1-long-and-2-short-beep-... I had forgotten about this but was reminded by AndyP

[bocraw]

Yes, I am fairly certain I have NVidia GPU.

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

that not good to hear unless you still have a warranty

[bocraw]

Okay. So, I am hosed.

What is my best course of action? How do I go about getting this one repaired?

[bocraw]

Just called Lenovo and they say the estimated cost of repair is $575 !!!!!!