[SOLVED] Laptop won`t boot

cooperman · 10-22-2008, 11:29 AM

When I push start button fans start momentarily but nothing shows on display,no post or anything else,then fans shut down.The only thing showing any activity are power lights on front and power button still lit but no other activity.

Sparky09 · 10-22-2008, 11:39 AM

I presume you are running off a/c power and not the battery? It sounds like a hardware issue (of course). I would try taking the battery out (yes.. its been the battery before for me). I would also try removing the hard drive and if you can without too much trouble the dvd drive. If you have more than one stick of ram take out one of the two. Also make sure you haven't got the fans covered and that all the fans are working.

**TriggerFinger** · 10-22-2008, 10:38 PM

This could be quite tricky... it is either it does not POST (no HDD or CD/DVD drive activity) or you just have a defective LCD. Try with an external monitor if it is the latter.

cooperman · 10-23-2008, 03:03 AM

Thanks for input turns out it was hardware related,one stick of ram was bad.Problem solved.

10-22-2008, 11:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
cooperman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: win xp	[SOLVED] Laptop won`t boot When I push start button fans start momentarily but nothing shows on display,no post or anything else,then fans shut down.The only thing showing any activity are power lights on front and power button still lit but no other activity.

10-22-2008, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sparky09 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 80 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Laptop won`t boot I presume you are running off a/c power and not the battery? It sounds like a hardware issue (of course). I would try taking the battery out (yes.. its been the battery before for me). I would also try removing the hard drive and if you can without too much trouble the dvd drive. If you have more than one stick of ram take out one of the two. Also make sure you haven't got the fans covered and that all the fans are working.

10-22-2008, 10:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,211 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Laptop won`t boot This could be quite tricky... it is either it does not POST (no HDD or CD/DVD drive activity) or you just have a defective LCD. Try with an external monitor if it is the latter. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

10-23-2008, 03:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
cooperman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: win xp	Re: Laptop won`t boot Thanks for input turns out it was hardware related,one stick of ram was bad.Problem solved.