No Response from Compaq Presario 900

sweetloop · 06-07-2006, 11:30 AM

A friend of mine gave me his broken laptop to check out. It is a Compaq Presario 900. He told me that it was working well until one day he tried to turn it on and it wouldn’t work. When I plug it in the light that indicates that it is receiving power turns on. When I turn the laptop on, the power light lights up but nothing happens. The hard drive doesn’t spin, the screen stays blank, there are no beeps to indicate that it is able to POST… nothing.

I’ve tried the following things with no success:

Removing the hard drive
Removing the RAM
Switching the two sticks of RAM and trying each one in each slot
Crossing my fingers and then turning it on
Removing the battery

Since none of these had any effect and the laptop won’t POST, I think it’s probably a problem with the motherboard. One other detail in case it matters is that the laptop is originally from France. At first I thought it might be a power issue since there is a voltage difference between there and here (Canada), but I ruled that out since the laptop says it’s rated for 100V to 240V. Also, he was able to use it successfully in North America for over a year.

Can anyone recommend anything else I can try or check?

**laboye** · 06-20-2006, 06:50 AM

I can't think of anything but a fried motherboard. There are so many poeple here with problems like that!

06-07-2006, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
sweetloop Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 106 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	No Response from Compaq Presario 900 A friend of mine gave me his broken laptop to check out. It is a Compaq Presario 900. He told me that it was working well until one day he tried to turn it on and it wouldn’t work. When I plug it in the light that indicates that it is receiving power turns on. When I turn the laptop on, the power light lights up but nothing happens. The hard drive doesn’t spin, the screen stays blank, there are no beeps to indicate that it is able to POST… nothing. I’ve tried the following things with no success: Removing the hard drive Removing the RAM Switching the two sticks of RAM and trying each one in each slot Crossing my fingers and then turning it on Removing the battery Since none of these had any effect and the laptop won’t POST, I think it’s probably a problem with the motherboard. One other detail in case it matters is that the laptop is originally from France. At first I thought it might be a power issue since there is a voltage difference between there and here (Canada), but I ruled that out since the laptop says it’s rated for 100V to 240V. Also, he was able to use it successfully in North America for over a year. Can anyone recommend anything else I can try or check? __________________ ASUS A8R-MVP, AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ 2x1GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 OCZ 520W Modstream Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2

06-20-2006, 06:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	I can't think of anything but a fried motherboard. There are so many poeple here with problems like that! __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler