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https://bbs.archlinux.org – Hmm... This just happened to me again. Flashing ThinkPad light, whirring sounds as if trying to start, stuttering, nothing... Pressed power button to terminate thrashing.This time, I opened the laptop up just to see if I could find anything. I found one loose screw on the opposite side of the laptop. That is, the noises and the light are on the right of the laptop and the loose screw was towards the left. I tightened that and checked the other visible screws. I also had a bit of a go at the fan and wiped a few bits of dust randomly moving them from one place to another, I suspect. [But the fan (HowTos)

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