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Thinkpad R51 not posting

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Since I've joined usenet I figure I might as well ask.

I own a R51 for a very long time. When I got it, it worked flawlessly 
(about 10 years ago, the battery even worked).
However a few years ago I wanted to try to have it boot from a CF card 
instead of the slow IDE drive.

When I tried to boot the device, it never passes through post. The 
system fans spin up to max, the power LED lights up, but it never 
progresses through boot. I can't even access the bios.

I recall seeing something a long time ago on a forum that this model 
might be suffering from a poor solder somewhere on the mainboard, but I 
haven't the slightest idea on where I might need to look for that. I 
don't even think that site still exists. I didn't think anything of it 
at the time, because my device worked, but now that I have it sitting on 
a shelf collecting dust, I still want to try to salvage it.

Does anyone know anything about a bad soldier on the R51? The model 
number fully is R51 2889-CTO.

I've done everything short of disassembling the device, but it will not 
post regardless of if there is or is not the hard drive, battery, or CD 
drive connected.

Thanks

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Thinkpad R51 not posting justaW <justaw@noreply.invalid> - 2023-06-19 15:07 -0400
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