The power button on your IBM laptop is located on the keyboard. 2. Do you get external video? Is it possible the problem lies with the circuit board which the power button is connected to ie. It means you’ll need an enclosure for SATA drives. and press power switch of laptop, 2. I have a Toshiba M50, Had viruses which I cleaned out, now my DVD drive is not recognized in device manager, my computer and Bios. my laptop starts up all the way to the log on screen, when i log on it doesnt open my desktop. But unlike Apple MacBook Pro, there is no sensor which can automatically turn on the backlit keyboard in dim light. I tried reseating the 2x2GB sticks of RAM, nothing. My Aspire 3002 froze during the first part of the bootup ie when the ACER logo was present, I could not power down using the power button and had to remove the battery. Can you select and boot in Safe Mode? You can use Memtest86+ (google it). When i click the computer to start up, it makes a sound like the harddrive is starting up, then it clicks off and repeats this action..on / off / on / off until i take out the battery. Then when I started the computer I found this mystifying problem. 406). LapTop Diags (from Dell CDROM) report 3.91volts at cells is 50%. System and Security. And it started scanning then at the end it said finished so pressed it and then it said it was restarting but it dint. Dropped my LIFE (laptop) yesterday but it stayed on and worked fine so I thought everything was ok. Got up this AM, and it wouldn’t boot. What laptop model? The power button on this laptop is located on a separate board – 7 button board on the right side of the laptop. Travis, I have got my motherboard, LCD as well as the memories replaced with new spares sent by the company. Mother board failure means too much cost will be involved !!! please what do i need to do to bring it back on. After the computer wakes from hibernation by raising the display panel (lid), and the LCD Monitor turns off due to power management settings, the display shows Toshiba logo and does not turn back on after a key is pressed and keyboard is not responding at all. When press the power button it makes some noise and does nothing what do I do Check out the maintenance and service guide. when the power is turned on the power button lit for some second and turn offs. Still no start.. My friend’s laptop has been refusing to start up properly… It opens up and lights up, the mouse appears but the screen stays blank (black) and windows refuses to ‘appear’ or boot in. If I can’t figure it out, I plan to call Dell next week and talk to their tech support (I believe the laptop has a 3 year extended warranty). Fan also stop Mat, After that check easy-to-remove parts like hard drive and memory. Unbelievable!!! The battery charge indicator lit up to the normal green for a few seconds, but eventually flashed yellow then went off. This could be hardware related failure, something like failing hard drive but also could be software issue. it wasnt previously mine, Hi, my acer aspire 2920 had a strange simptom. It worked! Thomas. First of all in this situation check the AC adapter. Follow instructions. I assume your laptop is still covered by the HP warranty. I would test the hard drive. This could be software or hardware related failure. Does it help to boot to the desktop? From my experience I can tell that CPU failures aver very rare. Brand new one. Try removing RAM modules one at a time. Way 2: Change Power Settings. I just didn’t know what “Authentication Using Biometric” meant… . Blow off cooling fan and heatsink with compressed air. There is a possibility of bad CPU but CPU failure is not very common. Thanks. i have a Viooo notebook, when i use it for a long time and put it off, it takes a long time before it can be start up again. Even after ensuring the RAM to be in perfect condition, I am still getting this same error. Tried replacing battery, which is fully charged and disconecting AC power, same result. Find out which hard drive brand you have installed, download the hard drive testing utility from the manufacturer’s site and test the drive. Try this. and now it doesn’t start……..behaves as dead. My sony vaio VGN-FZ11L was repaired for nVidia geforce 8400 MT graphics problem few months ago and perhaps some work was done on the motherboard. Last night it shut off and I can’t get it to power back on. Hi,, You can find diagnostic test on the Ultimate boot CD. If one of the modules is bad, the laptop should start properly when you remove it. Just turned it off, put the second module back in and everything works perfectly. Thanks in advance for any suggestion. Tried a few command prompts. I have a IBM T30 llaptop appears to be dead. If you replaced laptop memory with another known good memory and it didn’t fix the problem, most likely it’s bad motherboard. Dark black screen. Simply remove the memory module from the slot and install back in. Pressing the Power Button again gives the same results as mentioned in the previous paragraph. thank you v. much. When i tried to turn on my laptop again….it just stop to the point where the window xp loading screen. Also, you can run hard drive diagnostic while it’s installed into the laptop. But it won’t do anything different. I think you have a serious problem with the laptop. i have a new hp and when i updated the windows vista and restarted . I restart and it comes to the same situation! This sounds like the hard drive failure. I prseed it. what’s wrong and what can i do to fix it? First, I would test the AC adapter. Try this. But when closing the lid, if I leave for about 1 minute and then force it to shutdown, and press power button again, the window will start normally. This laptop belongs to a friend of mine and i damaged it probably. the button cannot send the correct message to come out of standby or maybe there is no power getting to the motherboard? Boot laptop from this bootable CD. Once in awhile later, announcement kept on popping up indicated that external hackers are trying to transfer my data to a dangerous site and they are trying to get connected to the internet to harm my laptop even more. Sometimes it takes 10 attempts to get it started. Try turning it on without the hard drive connected. You just need to disable or unclick the box next to this, so that the laptop does not power on when a adapter/charger is plugged in. Thank you so much for the new way of fixing this issue. It’s likely that memory or hard drive is failing and causing the BSOD errors. I had tried all of what you mentioned to no avail, but then I found that the pin that turns the monitor on and off had gotten stuck down, so problem solved! Found this site doing a google search and found the exact information I needed to restart my wifes laptop. Lots of windows started popping up intensely. Try this. any sugg. Nothing whatsoever on the screen. I re-seated both 1GB sticks of RAM to each position and replaced in original slots with no result. yes, definately do not attempt to open up the notebook yourself if you still need to claim warranty because the warranty is voided once u open up a notebook. I was wondering if the “memory stick removal trick” (suggested by cj2600 above) worked for you? Go to the BIOS and confirm that the AC Adapter is properly detected under the Main tab. The screen came in normal way but not responding then I tried to close some programs from task manager, but still it was not responding. Does it boot now? I can’t use an windows 7 restore disk (its an Notebook). I turn on my laptop and I can see all the lights lighting up. i did try to disconnect the battery and tried runnig on AC, i did also changed the Memory module, checked also the AC adaptor which runing well and shows 18.5 volt as needed. The Toshiba screen is lovely and all, but not very helpful. Battery critical LOW I assumed it was the battery even though it lasted for an hour if I started the laptop with the AC. If not, you can use same F8 key but select Safe Mode instead. i was just copying songs fr my external hdd and leave it for lunch. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Any ideas on what this could be, thanks. My acer aspire 5542 had a dead or black screen and I used hard reset method to solve it but when I shut it down the dead screen problem is now back. Sorry for a late response, I was busy. here i forget to inform that when i was installing winxp when i reached at devise installation session there i havnt press the motherboard i got a bulescreen error physical dump error.But when i tried by pressing motherboard i havnt given any error. Does the fan start working at all? Third time and it stayed black. I have a hi-grade laptop but when I start it and the wireless light comes on it doesn’t boot. But if you lucky enough you got the timing to power on then everything is normal on the screen and windows. (It has a bunch of pins on the bottom.). Check out these options to fix the “BOOTMGR is compressed”. PLAY WITH IT AND YOU SHOULD GET IT RIGHT. When Dell logo appears on the screen press the F12 button. Please help guys, I’m using a Dell laptop Inspiron 15. I was doing a complete recovery when right in the middle of it, it just powered down like I held the power button. If you have to replace the AC adapter, make sure you use a correct one. I have a Compaq Presario C700 and I am just frustrated. My friend switched my laptop off when it was updating after a shutdown now this is all i can get up, i’ve tried a few things and they dont work and i dont have the disc that restarts the laptop from scratch. hi, i have hi-grad laptop and i want repair my laptop ,i think the motherboard has problem because i ask my friend about it and he said the problem in the motherboard i want ask how can replacement with new one or repair the old one , please give my advice what can i do and all cost and what the price for repair and send me all thing by my email . Remove hard drive, DVD drive and the wireless card. After boosting put the AC aopter. what you think is wrong that would be great, Hello, I Have HP laptop Pavilion 9094, few weeks ago my problem started, I mean when I press turn on button my laptop sometimes boot sometimes not, I remove battery – nothing, I cleared CMOS – nothing, Leds after turn on blink, hard disk works, fans work, but my screen is black, after few restarts it works correct, What is the porblem If, i try rebooting it sometimes it does reboot and somtimes the same problem occurs as discussed above. what should i do?? You’ll have to replace the motherboard. Go to my previous post witch covers laptop video problems in more details. For memory I use Memtest86+. I poured water on my laptop and i let it dry for about a week. They should fix it at no charge. my compaq laptop doesnt start. Click on startup repair and continuously loads attempting Does it start properly without hard drive? Additionally, when everything is off, I still hear something running inside the machine which stops only when I take the battery out. So what should i do? No LEDs light up. Here’s what I’m talking about: Just in case. Make sure all of them seated properly. I am no a computer technician but I am familiar taking electronics apart, putting them together and still work. my HP laptop sounds like it is turning on, but after a few seconds it switches off, I have changed the battery and also plugged it in to the mains but this doesn’t resolve the problem. Press f2 to enter setup, f12 to boot from LAN.” I have tried all this but is still not working. Thanks for this service. Maybe it’s going bad. i have BENQ u121 joybook lite, its working good but whenever i turn it shutdown, its screen display that ” window is shuting down ” but it does not shutdown. There are no LED lights, no sound, dead. What makes the power bypass the power button and turn on? The fan will not shut off, so I am thinking that it is the motherboard.. Maybe it shorted out.. I’m I on the right track.. After I power on my laptop it shows no display but caplock led will get on as well as fan will on and then it automatically sh. If you have only one module, move it into the empty slot and try again. Your laptop acts as a wireless access point or called wireless router so that your second computer or wifi mobile can connect to Internet through the laptop hotspot.. It just won’t start Windows, Hi, everytime i switch the laptop on the screen comes up very large and i have to restore but the restore does nt stop on ,,,, i switched on the button. Test the laptop with an external monitor? Tried another adaptor but still no response. If it’s not bad RAM or AC adapter, it must be motherboard failure. As soon as I’ve heard the symptoms of the problem I predicted that it’s a low battery. Another thing to try would be disconnecting the CMOS battery for a while. When I push the power button to turn the laptop on, nothing happens. My Acer Aspire 5750 wont start, i mean when i press the power button, the power LED just blink 3 times and then off again. Download Ultimate Boot CD image and burn it on a CD. The problem is, when i start my laptop, it beep thrice and the screen goes blank. Windows settings In the Windows 10 settings app, click on System , then Power & sleep . Could be just the keyboard failure. So, My friend and I tried to replaced with the new one. Have tried memory sticks (2) using one, moving, etc. 3. I have tangent notebook. GPU chip problem. If it’s not memory, the problem could be related to the system board. In order to start any laptop with video on internal or external monitor you need three major parts: motherboard, CPU and memory. thanks, I am having problems with my dell xps m1210. I really need some help thanks. THANK YOU! ANY help would be appreciated. var sc_invisible=1;
after restart, i got the same message and was told to use launch repair thing. It’s possible the laptop doesn’t turn on because the AC adapter is dead and the battery doesn’t have any charge left (maybe just enough to turn on the LED). It won’t open anything – internet, excel, start menu…nothing! Yet, i can see that the laptop react (LED lights run twice then off) everytime i turn it on. I would suggest sending the laptop to HP. but the battery light is working correctly. Removed battery AND the power cord for 5 minutes, reconnected power cord only, did not touch the on/off button, laptop powered up and booted successfully as normal. i have a gateway that my uncle gave to me for free because he was upgrading and the batter was weak but it worked and i used the laptop once in a blue moon and now the led on the laptop and the ac adapter does not light and the battery is not charging any suggestions? In order to narrow down the problem, you’ll have to minimize the laptop as much as you can. Remove the hard drive, optical drive, wireless card (if you can). The Hard Drive indicator gives one blink. The laptop also didnot boot up. The laptop does indeed have a power led which lights up with the ac adapter plugged in. And it has also issue with its battery which was working fine untill last month, and its backup is suddenly reduced and at same time it has get this problem. Sometimes it helps. Wait for a few minutes then plug the power adapter and try turning the laptop on again. Is it normal?? I’ve reinserted battery and such but I would only end up with the same result. When I pressed the power button, all the lights (Keyboad, Logo, Function Keys) are on but the screen is completely black. Disconnecetd for sometime and reconnected but nothing happened :(. MAKE SURE YOU PUSH IN THE HARD DRIVE TOWARDS IN THE SATA SLOT AT THE SAME WHEN YOU ARE SCREWING IT IN. Zach, After that run a long test. Why ? I switched memories around. Up until a week ago my HP Pavilion dv2000 was running fine. Try removing them one by one. but after a while it ll go off .it does n get booted . And after my laptop donot stat done. Do you have two modules installed in the laptop? I have a Packard Bell(Easy Note) Lap Top. Hello, i Have a Packarbell Easynote laptop, For some days ago it suddenly just died. Mike, Perhaps the screen goes black automatically or turns black every minute, but can go back after moving a mouse. I have a Dell Studio 15 laptop and I was surfing the net while running a scan on the computer. there is no beep sounds. (im not interested if i can keep my data that was already on or not just need help on how to get onto the windows home screen. does it have to sit with ac adapter plugged in to charge before it will work or should it work off the adapter immediately? Can you enter the BIOS setup menu when the hard drive removed? please need some reply on my post no.606.:(. I checked the adaptor, realized it was indeed plugged in, lifted it up and felt the underside, it was warm but not ungodly hot and certainly not the warmest I’d felt it in the past, and just pulled the cord out and popped it back in, and pressed the on button. The DC connector you showed is attached to the power cables which has a white connector. The power LED stays on or it goes off too? Also, try this. When I hold onto the power button for about 1-2 seconds, it turns on but there is no display. Test your laptop with another known good AC adapter. It doesn’t respond to AC supply when it is off but gets charged when it is on. respected, I also forgot to mention that I have done some searching and found that Compaq has an update for the bios. No power lights on Laptop. it can be easily repaired by having the CPU firmly pushed back into the MB and the legs soldered in place. Do you see any lights when AC adapter plugged in? I use a HP 2000, I was using the laptop before the battery runs out.I later wanted to plugin it to power about 6hrs later but it refuse to charge and come up even after charging the battery in another laptop.Please advice me, in my Fujitsu laptop i am having a problem in starting when i turn on my computer then it requires a button to click then a font come and then window but before this it again restarts automatically i am using windows 7 32 bit, Toshiba Satellite c850-I0015 What is your laptop? Long story short: Gateway m460 went into sleep mode, next day tried to boot up but power and module swap/access indicator flash on for about a second and powers back down, screen does not even display. Also, all the lights are on but the keyboard doesn’t seem to work. I accidently dropped my phone on my MSI-700X and it shutdown and refused to start (Not first time =[ ). Test the laptop with only one memory module in place. Already tried removing memory and HDD, putting on AC power only, removing battery and AC power and keepning aside for few hours. It should read high resistance (may be above 1K in either way when changing the polarity) If it shows nothing ,some thing has happened.If it shows less than 1K again there may be short. Please help! If the voltage is correct, I guess the AC adapter works properly. HELP!! But after 2 or 3 seconds it starts automatically and the cycle goes on repeatedly. Please advise. 1. Most likely this is software relate issue. Please I need help. most of the electronic items with chips have this problem even the AVR of generators. Try installing a known good memory module. If that’s the case, backup all personal data and reinstall OS. When I press the on button, the cpu fan starts for about 1-2 seconds then it all turns off again. Surely your troubleshooting trick helps for my Notebook. I keep on getting the on screen message :-, ” Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key ”. After he silent for awhile, he said to me that it could be motherboard that cause the problem. Then, I tried to search through Google. No vga nothing on the lcd and I am running out of ideas to try. Is the power LED still blinking? If you have two memory sticks installed, remove them one by one and test the laptop again. Thanks a lot… I glad to wish your service to the people… Thank you…. Hi I own an acer aspire5100. What is the exact problem? after power on all LEDs are and fan also start to spin but nothing on display and could not open dvd drive also. 1. Hi, When i press the power button the leds are flushing like a normal boot for a second and then they shut down. Most likely the cooling module (heat sink and fan) is clogged with dust and has to be cleaned. can you tell if its the motherboard or the CPU? My mum has a Dell laptop a few years old now and is having problems turing it on, lights will flash as though it is tuning on but once she has put in her password the welcome screen just stays there. This could be memory failure. 12V Power Supply, Hi laptop does not get started, once we press power button , screen display nothing. Check the AC adapter, make sure it outputs correct voltage. But after that I have tried to boot it many times. I have an Asus A4000 laptop. But no reply ??? I have Lenovo R400 labtop when i tried to turn it on it just display I have HP PROBOOK 4510S laptop 4GB RAM. I don’t know many about laptops and it’s devices…. Here’s something to try. If you have only one module installed try replacing it with another known good memory. If it is situation 2 then I’ll get that addressed but still if anyone can point out what the problem maybe I’d be grateful. Plz help me. If still nothing, it’s possible one of the parts is bad. External monitor shows no signal. In addition, the amount of time before your system automatically sleeps or turns itself off is generally different depending on whether the laptop is plugged in or not. i turn on the laptop the fan is on few seconds nothing on the screen the capslock butom flashing (all lights on)and nothing on the screen…i tried to remove the HDD nothing happen too ,i remove the RAM too nothing happen and the bios battery and i tried too to remove the battery and replace by other the problem is the same and i try to remove the battery and pluged with the AC power directly nothing happen plz can u help me waiting ur reply and thx alot for ur time…. Yesterday I tried to turn it on, it booted and got frozen and left only grey screen, I waited for 20 min or so and then manually turn it off, then on I made series of attempts to turn on, all It gave me was a blinking light and whirring sound of hard disk for 10 sec and nothing happened, does anyone know how to solve this issue?? my laptop froze and was frozen for quite some time. Turn on the laptop and as soon as Dell logo appears on the screen press F8. mylaptop keeps turning off.when i turn it on it comes for only not less than 6-7 sec then it goes off again. But this time, I have tried that like 20 times, and I am getting sadder and sadder and going through laptop withdrawl. When we try to turn it on, the fan starts running, but nothing else happens. Today morning as I switched on my hp laptop. Might it be related with earlier repair? what may be wrong? Also, prior to this the wireless stopped functioning. But there is no video, at all. it is running windows vista, I guess you’ll have to reinstall Windows OS. In the new window make sure both boxed are checked. Situation 2 worked on my hp pavilion dv5 laptop. Please help. i have a compaq presario v6000 laptop, the screen suddenly froze so i switched the machine off but when i tried to put it back on again it did not boot and the sreen remained blanck although the power lights are on. hi I changed the HHD with another WD 500 GB and it work OK .. but still I hear some clicking sound from time to time coming out from the hard. Make sure it works and outputs correct voltage.