Help! My laptop can't restart or shutdown!

[Guest]

My thinkpad t60p was running vista for a couple of months. Yesterday, after I
installed a few updates, and tried to restart the machine, the system went to
a black screen and beep a few times, and then stopped there (the fan is still
running). I have to press the power button 5 seconds to shut it down. After
starting it again, I tried to shutdown directly, it failed as before. Since I
seldom reboot the system (always go to sleep mode), I don't know when the
problem happened.
Anyone can help me on the problem?

Thanks.

 

[DX]

Hi,

Have you tried using System Restore to restore the computer back to a date
before the issue first occurred ???
If it works, then there is an issue with the update that was installed.

 

[Roberto de Cornielle]

My thinkpad t60p was running vista for a couple of months. Yesterday,
after I
installed a few updates, and tried to restart the machine, the system went
to
a black screen and beep a few times, and then stopped there (the fan is
still
running). I have to press the power button 5 seconds to shut it down.
After
starting it again, I tried to shutdown directly, it failed as before.
Since I
seldom reboot the system (always go to sleep mode), I don't know when the
problem happened.
Anyone can help me on the problem?

Thanks.

The beep codes hold the key to your problem, Google for "beep
codes" or visit the manufactures web site, they may have info there
for you.

rgds
Roberto

 

[Rock]

My thinkpad t60p was running vista for a couple of months. Yesterday,
after I
installed a few updates, and tried to restart the machine, the system went
to
a black screen and beep a few times, and then stopped there (the fan is
still
running). I have to press the power button 5 seconds to shut it down.
After
starting it again, I tried to shutdown directly, it failed as before.
Since I
seldom reboot the system (always go to sleep mode), I don't know when the
problem happened.
Anyone can help me on the problem?

Sounds like a hardware problem, not an OS issue.