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Old 01-28-2008, 01:33 PM
testingagain@gmail.com
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Default laptop won't boot. weird problem.

I hope I don't make this long...

My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
disk light showed no activity

Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
with the motherboard.

after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.

But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
and again there is the same problem..

Now my question is
WTF?????
surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
have to check it furthur at the service center..

Thank you

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Old 01-28-2008, 04:09 PM
km
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Default Re: laptop won't boot. weird problem.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:33:38 -0800 (PST), testingagain@gmail.com
wrote:

>I hope I don't make this long...
>
>My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
>it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
>wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
>in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
>disk light showed no activity
>
>Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
>cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
>with the motherboard.
>
>after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
>working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
>and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
>reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.
>
>But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
>and again there is the same problem..
>
>Now my question is
>WTF?????
>surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
>what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
>A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
>have to check it furthur at the service center..
>
>Thank you


I remember a laptop given to me a few years ago for checking, which
sounded to be in a similar state. When powered on you could hear the
Hard Drive spin and then it would shut down.

Researching suggested that there was a short somewhere with a contact
on the motherboard being the culprit. I could start it if I physically
tried to bend the whole laptop.

Taking it apart didn't reveal the root cause but I was pretty sure
that somewhere a screw or connection was shorting. In the end I
couldn't remedy it other than the bending method which only solved it
for a few more sessions before giving up altogether.

km

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Old 01-28-2008, 10:18 PM
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Default Re: laptop won't boot. weird problem.

On Jan 28, 2:33 pm, testingag...@gmail.com wrote:
> I hope I don't make this long...
>
> My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
> it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
> wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
> in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
> disk light showed no activity
>
> Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
> cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
> with the motherboard.
>
> after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
> working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
> and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
> reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.
>
> But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
> and again there is the same problem..
>
> Now my question is
> WTF?????
> surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
> what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
> A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
> have to check it furthur at the service center..
>
> Thank you

WTF????? chesss! whatever! Why use two names in two consecutive posts,
clown? On 2nd thoughts, Lego is too highbrow for you. Go try some sand
castles. Fuckin' Jerk.
hanged, wld, bois (some French word perhaps?) wldn't

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Old 01-29-2008, 12:17 AM
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Default Re: laptop won't boot. weird problem.

Off your meds again...Valium prescription ran out??
peter

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"sandy58" <Aleckie59@aol.com> wrote in message
news:88ba9dcc-edf3-4df4-bb59-4aa902cc1514@b2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 28, 2:33 pm, testingag...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I hope I don't make this long...
>>
>> My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
>> it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
>> wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
>> in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
>> disk light showed no activity
>>
>> Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
>> cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
>> with the motherboard.
>>
>> after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
>> working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
>> and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
>> reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.
>>
>> But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
>> and again there is the same problem..
>>
>> Now my question is
>> WTF?????
>> surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
>> what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
>> A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
>> have to check it furthur at the service center..
>>
>> Thank you

> WTF????? chesss! whatever! Why use two names in two consecutive posts,
> clown? On 2nd thoughts, Lego is too highbrow for you. Go try some sand
> castles. Fuckin' Jerk.
> hanged, wld, bois (some French word perhaps?) wldn't



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Old 01-29-2008, 07:54 PM
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On Jan 29, 1:17 am, "peter" <pet...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Off your meds again...Valium prescription ran out??
> peter
>
> --
> DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me
> offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it.
> If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to
> me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-)
>
> "sandy58" <Alecki...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:88ba9dcc-edf3-4df4-bb59-4aa902cc1514@b2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Jan 28, 2:33 pm, testingag...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I hope I don't make this long...

>
> >> My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
> >> it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
> >> wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
> >> in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
> >> disk light showed no activity

>
> >> Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
> >> cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
> >> with the motherboard.

>
> >> after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
> >> working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
> >> and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
> >> reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.

>
> >> But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
> >> and again there is the same problem..

>
> >> Now my question is
> >> WTF?????
> >> surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
> >> what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
> >> A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
> >> have to check it furthur at the service center..

>
> >> Thank you

> > WTF????? chesss! whatever! Why use two names in two consecutive posts,
> > clown? On 2nd thoughts, Lego is too highbrow for you. Go try some sand
> > castles. Fuckin' Jerk.
> > hanged, wld, bois (some French word perhaps?) wldn't


AND???? What?? :-)

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Old 01-31-2008, 05:39 AM
ADA
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Default Re: laptop won't boot. weird problem.

Try this:
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,548-...d,4/video.html



<testingagain@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b9c091f4-a75f-4ec3-8798-b8408b529aec@m34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I hope I don't make this long...
>
> My laptop diedf on me a few months ago. It was running nicely and then
> it hanged, so I powered it off, and it wouldn't start again. i.e I
> wld switch on the laptop, the harddisk could be heard spinning, any cd
> in the cdrom would spin nicely, but the screen wld remain blank, hard-
> disk light showed no activity
>
> Sparing you all the details.. I tried everything(ram,cleared the bois,
> cleaned the mobo, external monitor) and concluded that the problem was
> with the motherboard.
>
> after 2 months (2 weeks ago), I started it up and and behold! it was
> working. I switched it off again(to attach the Harddisk), restarted
> and it wldn't work again..:( So I again disassembled it and
> reassembled it and this time it started worked for good.
>
> But yesterday I attached a usb to ps2 connector and bam, it hanged.
> and again there is the same problem..
>
> Now my question is
> WTF?????
> surely the mobo is not fried since it worked nicely for 2 weeks
> what can I do more?? and what cld be possibly wrong here?
> A guy did check the mobo with a volt meter and concluded that he will
> have to check it furthur at the service center..
>
> Thank you



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