My Laptop Wont Switch On

Steveo2009 · 06-28-2008, 08:09 AM

After leaving my laptop on to let the battery run out and after plugging it back in it refuses to switch on. I get a little bit of activity when i press the power button but then it just goes right off again, any advice would be appreciated cheers. I know it's not the battery as I've tried it without the battery in the laptop just with the power cable but I seem to get the same reaction. I'm just hoping that it's a bit knackered and just needs to cool down but any advice?

It's an Advent Laptop by the way.

jvande02 · 06-28-2008, 11:30 AM

I think we might have same issue,my laptop is having almost same problem.

**TriggerFinger** · 06-28-2008, 02:37 PM

as for the battery, test it on another similar laptop. also test output of AC adapter. if you suspect overheating, let it cool down a bit (30mins to an hour) and power ON again. best if you use SpeedFan or similar to see your temps.

just to add, also try reseating your RAM. good if you have a working spare of RAM just for testing.

06-28-2008, 08:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Steveo2009 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	My Laptop Wont Switch On After leaving my laptop on to let the battery run out and after plugging it back in it refuses to switch on. I get a little bit of activity when i press the power button but then it just goes right off again, any advice would be appreciated cheers. I know it's not the battery as I've tried it without the battery in the laptop just with the power cable but I seem to get the same reaction. I'm just hoping that it's a bit knackered and just needs to cool down but any advice? It's an Advent Laptop by the way.

06-28-2008, 11:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
jvande02 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16 OS: xp,sp3,vista ultimate,vista home premium	Re: My Laptop Wont Switch On I think we might have same issue,my laptop is having almost same problem.

06-28-2008, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: My Laptop Wont Switch On as for the battery, test it on another similar laptop. also test output of AC adapter. if you suspect overheating, let it cool down a bit (30mins to an hour) and power ON again. best if you use SpeedFan or similar to see your temps. just to add, also try reseating your RAM. good if you have a working spare of RAM just for testing. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE