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how do I fix a hardware failure?

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> From: A Computer User
> Sent: December 18, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: how do I fix a hardware failure?
>
> Leo,
> I have an IBM Thinkpad 2647. It runs on the original IBM Bios with
> Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 installed. A month ago, it started beeping
> at startup and suspending the boot. The beep code was: one long, two
> short. I looked it up at bios-central.com <http://bios-central.com> and
> found out that it meant a
> system board failure, video adapter failure or LCD Assembly failure.
> Could you tell me how to resolve the problem?

Unless I'm missing something obvious: you'll need to replace
the failed component. You may need to take it to a technician
to replace the appropriate component.
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Thanks for asking,

Leo Notenboom

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