IBM THINKPAD R32 power problems! Will not turn on! HELP!?
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G'day,\n\nI would suggest to bring your IBM & the charger to a local electrical store and ask for a generic/compatible charger.  Plug it in and see if you can start the unit.\n\nIf the unit starts, then you can say your thank you prayer and purchase the new charger.  \nIf it does not starts, then make an excuse to the salesperson for not buying the new charger, go home and contact IBM support to fix your laptop, since it is very obvious that the electrical discharge has fried your motherboard as well.\n\nHope this helps.  Good luck!
934414
try going to control panel and then performance and maintenance and then power options. there's settings here that prolong the life of the battery so try changing your power scheme if it's set for max battery maybe?
646911
Ok my friend, first calm down, then dont worry about the laptop for now. I agree with Winvin that u need to take out the hard drive which has all ur important information in it. go to your nearest computer store and explain them what happened. the best thing would be an External Hard drive reader designed to read laptop size hard drive. you can retrive all the things in it and re save it on the desktop computer hard drive. then exess them from it\n\nORR... u can buy an other laptop similar to the one u r using and swap hard drives!!! return that laptop later. Goodluck\n\nThe reason for this might be internal problem inside the laptop, not power or batt.
1054312
Take it in to a shop and have them look at your power supply. It sounds like that could well be your problem. If so, it is a fairly easy fix. Trust me, it happens way too often of late. Good luck.
210351
PSU failure, where the volatge exceeds ~8.5v. Check the keyboard connector to make sure it's clean.\n\nHave an experienced person look at it (don't pay to have it serviced until a friend says so, that's just stupid)\n\nUsually the fuse connected between the power and the keyboard connector would blow out before the keyboard would.
260804
check first if u r using the right converter . if it is the right one and u used to use it until a problem exist then check ur laptop it has a burnd diode or transistor
37287
Definitely an IBM ThinkPad. Check out some of the videos @ http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/community/legends/index.html\nThey show some of the things IBM's have been put through. I'm a computer technician at a large contracting construction company and all of our project managers have IBM's. Plus if you buy the next day service from them, they WILL send someone to your house the next day to fix your problem.
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It appears from the code that you have an issue with the system board of the laptop. You can try resetting the BIOS to the default settings, saving it then rebooting. If it goes into the error again you will need to have it serviced. If it is a Pentium 3 or older, It is probably not worth the cost as you can get new laptops now under 1,000. If you are worried about data on the drive, you can get a external caddy for the hard drive to salvage the data. You can find them at newegg for under 50 bucks.
872612
There is obviously a short circuit somewhere inside the laptop. If it is that new, send it in for repair.
268614
plug it in. check the power cord. turn it on. or time to get a new one.
1135778
The easiest way  is to enter BIOS. this is usually done by hitting the F1, F2, ESC or DEL key (some laptops even require a combination of keys such as CTRL F1) If you can't do this, for example you've messed up your settings so bad that it doesn't start anymore you will have to remove the battery(CMOS battery). If you choose to do so remember to not only unplug thue power cord but also remove the laptop's own power supply the battery(not the CMOS one). Once you've located the CMOS battery remove it and wait a while. Then plug everything back in and boot. \n\nPS if you don't have experience with hardware and laptop hardware in particular don't try opening it in your own
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I had a good experience with Compaq.  My GF spilled water on my notebook.  It wouldn't turn on.  It was only a few months old.  Sent it back to Compaq (they sent me a shipping label with postage), they replaced the motherboard and upgraded a few things inside.  Then they shipped it back.  Didn't cost me a cent.  Turnaround time was about 10 days.  I've bought another Compaq since then.
675471
From just the information you provided, it sounds like your battery ran down.  Plug into an outlet and see if you can turn on.  If so, charge your battery overnight and your problem will be resolved.  If you can't turn on while plugged into an outlet, you will need service to your laptop.
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I suspect the bios battery has gone dead.  I would look on ebay and find one and replace it.  If it still does not boot the IBM iSeries are getting rather old, so it might be time to retire it?  If you have an attachement and stuff on the laptop you need to retrieve you can go to local laptop service center and for a $60+ diagnosis fee they will tell you what is wrong and how much to repair.  Should you repair it they will usually apply the diagnosis fee to the repair costs.
385156
ive got a ibm t-23 ive had problems the devices you hook up to the usb are drawing to much power you need to pick up a power hub this will fix powering up all devices
467687
I used to have a Toshiba and it crashed and nobody can fix it. My suggestion: dump it and get a Gateway.
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when you popped the battery out, did you also disconnect the power input at that time? let it sit about 10-20 minutes with no battery and not plugged in.\nFailing that try pushing a paper-clip in the small hole on the right-hand side of your laptop, just forwards of the PC-Card slots.\nThis is a common location for the hard reset switch on many laptops (not sure if yours is in the same place)