IBM Thinkpad T20 salvation possible?

NikoCodex

Commendable
Apr 18, 2016
3
0
1,510
Greetings,
A few days ago i dug up a old laptop that i completely forgot about, and it worked fine in the past. If i'm aware, it's running Windows XP that i pre-installed, however, after charging it, and starting it, this happens: [video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN2bzeXL2FU"][/video]
I have attempted pulling out the battery, press the power button for 30 seconds with no power at all, and putting the battery back in, also fail. I also have tried to put it to run just on the AC cable without battery, still fail.
I have also tried to re-arrange the 2 ram sticks, the laptop still won't work. Sometimes it keeps blinking, and sometimes it just won't boot up at all.
Any help would be appreciated for this old laptop, as it's perfectly fine for making documents, presentations and simply experimenting.
Thank you in advance.
 

NikoCodex

Commendable
Apr 18, 2016
3
0
1,510

Doesn't seem as if anything has changed :(
It still blinks a few times and you can hear the fan when it blinks, but eventually it'll just turn off.
 

NikoCodex

Commendable
Apr 18, 2016
3
0
1,510

Removed the HDD and tried to boot up the laptop, it seems now that all lights flicker and then after 1-2 seconds, they turn off and the laptop is off again. Then i try to press the power button again, and just the first light flickers for a second. Then i have to take the battery off and wait 30 seconds and get it in again, try again, all the lights flicker and turn off again.