taterhill Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 My Laptop is not powering up anymore...it turns on for a few seconds and then it shuts down...I am assuming it is something to do witht the power but I hae no idea how to fix such things...any thoughts or does anyone know anyone in the Buffalo area that can look at it....Thanks
/dev/null Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Have you tried taking the battery out and powering it up with just AC power?
taterhill Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 Have you tried taking the battery out and powering it up with just AC power? yes it worked for a while but now it is happening again without the battery
stuckincincy Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 yes it worked for a while but now it is happening again without the battery I've little knowledge of laptops, tater. But a thought...could an inadvertent change in a laptop's power-savings settings be a cause? Not much help - but I suppose a thing to check out.
taterhill Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 I've little knowledge of laptops, tater. But a thought...could an inadvertent change in a laptop's power-savings settings be a cause? Not much help - but I suppose a thing to check out. it could be, but I cannot even get it on to make any changes or do anything...
/dev/null Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 yes it worked for a while but now it is happening again without the battery Have you tried with just the battery and no AC power? If that doesn't fix it, remove the CDROM drive, Floppy drive, etc (any ejectable drives) If that doesn't fix it, you've got an internal hardware problem. If it's under warranty take it for service. If it's not under warranty, start taking it apart and see when it will power up after taking outa component. Start with the hard drive, then memory, then CPU. It's possible one or more of these could have just been jarred loose. I see it happen sometimes when people come back from travel and the laptop gets manhandled in transit (usually CPU / heatsink)
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Is this code for "The Ballet" doesn't work on you anymore? For dear God man, GET HELP! STAT!
JoeFerguson Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Have you tried with just the battery and no AC power? If that doesn't fix it, remove the CDROM drive, Floppy drive, etc (any ejectable drives) If that doesn't fix it, you've got an internal hardware problem. If it's under warranty take it for service. If it's not under warranty, start taking it apart and see when it will power up after taking outa component. Start with the hard drive, then memory, then CPU. It's possible one or more of these could have just been jarred loose. I see it happen sometimes when people come back from travel and the laptop gets manhandled in transit (usually CPU / heatsink) Yes, I recommend this. Go online to the manufacturer's website and look up the service manual. This happens to my laptop a lot, it gets roughed up and sometimes something just physically gets disconnected from the motherboard. If you have a dell you can find your service manual at their website. The only tools you need are those small little screwdrivers.
EZC-Boston Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I would love to see your fat fingers trying to fix a tiny laptop...you can't even type right...
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