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mikeescott · 05-15-2008, 12:26 AM

Hi everyone. I just received a Compaq Presario 1700t with an 800 mhz 256 processor with ME installed. Everything seemed to work ok except the ethernet port. I pulled the LCD, keyboard, and top cover off to get the numbers off of the modem/NIC combo card. When I got everything back together, it would not power up. The power light comes on and the hard drive spins up, but nothing else. No beeps and nothing on the LCD at all. I pulled it back apart and found the #1 pin on the backlight plug bent over to the metal casing around the plug. I got it straightened out and did not see any other physical damage. I got everything back together again and still nothing. I then pulled the CMOS battery and tried again. Still nothing. What else could be wrong? Please help. Thanks

05-15-2008, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
mikeescott Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: ME, XP, XP-X64, Ubuntu Ultimate 1.8-X64	Compaq Presario 1700t has power, no start up Hi everyone. I just received a Compaq Presario 1700t with an 800 mhz 256 processor with ME installed. Everything seemed to work ok except the ethernet port. I pulled the LCD, keyboard, and top cover off to get the numbers off of the modem/NIC combo card. When I got everything back together, it would not power up. The power light comes on and the hard drive spins up, but nothing else. No beeps and nothing on the LCD at all. I pulled it back apart and found the #1 pin on the backlight plug bent over to the metal casing around the plug. I got it straightened out and did not see any other physical damage. I got everything back together again and still nothing. I then pulled the CMOS battery and tried again. Still nothing. What else could be wrong? Please help. Thanks