Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

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  • nrcslim89
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2019
    • 129
    • Portugal

    #1

    Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

    Hello everyone, maybe some of you will recognize this issue or thread posted on another platform but i still want to keep trying to solve or get some valid possbile issue.

    Well i have an ThinkPad T450s with motherboard NM A301 REV1.0 (i5 CPU).

    So this laptop power on, but it does't show any signs of image displayed on his internal display and external VGA neither, only a full black screen appears without backlight.
    When i press power on, keyboard backlight bright on and then goes of, i try to use a external USB keyboard and no CAPS and no NUM LOCK.

    I reset BIOS, remove the CMOS and all batteries, remove all power sources and still the same, i reflash the BIOS with lots of available supposed worked BIOS even with Password on RT809F but without success.

    I measure the AMPS consumption on DC PSU and it takes 0.550A steady...
    But no ThinkPad logo and no backlight nothing... always a big black screen...

    I have all Voltages on Coils of board and they resistence seems nice...

    I measure some other points and test the LID Close switch and cicuit is working fine, measure RMSRST and i have 3.3V.
    As well on LVDS connector i have 20V and 3.3V.

    RAM stick is good and tested, Try with another good RAM stick and same thing.

    Could this be an issue of CPU/PCH BGA ?

    Thanks in advance for all your replies.
  • Techtiger
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2014
    • 1602
    • france

    #2
    Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

    Check the DRAMRST in the Ram slot & PLTRST
    Last edited by Techtiger; 03-18-2021, 03:17 PM.

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    • nrcslim89
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2019
      • 129
      • Portugal

      #3
      Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

      Originally posted by techtiger
      Check the DRAMRST in the Ram slot & PLTRST
      Ok will do it, but this board have onboard ram and ram slot...

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      • Techtiger
        Badcaps Legend
        • Oct 2014
        • 1602
        • france

        #4
        Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

        Originally posted by nrcslim89
        Ok will do it, but this board have onboard ram and ram slot...
        Follow the Schematic download from badcaps What are voltage on the coil ?

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        • nrcslim89
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2019
          • 129
          • Portugal

          #5
          Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

          Originally posted by techtiger
          Follow the Schematic download from badcaps What are voltage on the coil ?
          I have the schametic and boardview already, on RAM rail coil I get 1.35V think it's fine, I have 1.80V for CPU and 1.07V for PCH if I'm not wrong and not saying nothing stupid.
          Last edited by nrcslim89; 03-18-2021, 03:41 PM.

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          • Techtiger
            Badcaps Legend
            • Oct 2014
            • 1602
            • france

            #6
            Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

            Originally posted by nrcslim89
            I have the schametic and boardview already, on RAM rail coil I get 1.35V think it's fine, I have 1.80V for CPU and 1.07V for PCH if I'm not wrong and not saying nothing stupid.
            uplode the Bordview

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            • SMDFlea
              Super Moderator
              • Jan 2018
              • 20844
              • UK

              #7
              Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

              https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=92782
              All donations to badcaps are welcome, click on this link to donate. Thanks to all supporters

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              • Techtiger
                Badcaps Legend
                • Oct 2014
                • 1602
                • france

                #8
                Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

                Thanks SMDFlea check the ram Slot pin1/30/200/202

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                • newbee123
                  New Member
                  • Apr 2021
                  • 3
                  • germany

                  #9
                  Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - No POST

                  Did you find the issue?
                  having very similar problems on t450s with i7

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                  • someonenotyou
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2021
                    • 53
                    • LV

                    #10
                    Hi. I am having the same issue - powers on, keyboard backlight turns on and off, fan spins, then off, but no post. I tried to flash different BIOSes, with clean ME, tried NVRAM from working BIOS, disable onboard RAM. Nothing worked.

                    I made the measurements on RAM slot.
                    Pin 1 (DDR3_VREF_DQ_SB) - 0.68V
                    Pin 30 (-DRAMRST) - 0,13V
                    Pin 200 (SMB_DATA_3B) - 3,33V
                    Pin 202 (SMB_CLK_3B) - 3,33V

                    What else should I check?

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                    • mon2
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Dec 2019
                      • 14162
                      • Canada

                      #11
                      Pin 30 (-DRAMRST) - 0,13V
                      The signal line is active LOW (denoted by the tilde prefix) so if the voltage is ~0v (ie. as you are measuring @ 0v13) - the DRAM is parked in the RESET state.

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