Hi,

I've had an IBM Thinkpad T40 for ~4 years now, and in all the time I've had it there's been no problems. I went to turn it on today and it appears to be bu****ed. What's happening is the IBM splash screen comes up (where it asks you if you want to enter Access IBM - i.e. the bios config), the cpu fan starts making a lot of noise for a while, then nothing. It just stays on the splash screen. If I press the bios config button, the text at the bottom of the screen that asks me if I want to enter the config disappears, but the splash still stays on the screen.

Anyone have any idea what's going wrong? I use the laptop for everything - mainly uni - and it would be pretty gutting if I had to ditch it now. OTOH, if it's something that would require a proper technician to diagnose, I'll just end up getting a new laptop.

Thanks in advance,

ac