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My thinkpad takes three tries to boot up, need help (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by JettuhGlowie@lemmy.ml to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

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I have a thinkpad T440p, i have replaced the CMOS because it died on me, but now after a while of getting the new one my PC is behaving weirdly, it takes three tries to turn it on. First time i turn it on and it tries to start but shuts off; the second it tries but shuts off much quicker with a strange sound that seems like the speaker suddenly disconnecting and then it works flawlessly on the third try. Is the CMOS the problem here?

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

wait, it only exhibits this "3 boot" problem when its on battery? If you remove the battery and just attach it to the AC adapter does it boot on first button press every time?

[–] JettuhGlowie@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, the issue is probably the battery, since it's so old and in horrible conditions