Solved Why Wont My Ibm R40 Boot Ibm Thinkpad R40
Chosen Solution So the motherboard it came with was dead. I replaced it and the CPU with a brand new Pentium M CPU. I hit the power button, fan on cpu spins briefly then stops, hard drive spins, dvd/cd drive boots, and power on indicator turns on. Nothing shows up on screen and it just sits there with the hard drive running. Any idea? Very late response: I learned the boards on these are not reliable....