How to disassemble Compaq Presario F700 notebook >> Inside my laptop
(also applies to the f500 in most respects)
(also applies to the f500 in most respects)
Compaq Presario F500 won't power up
Hello, people,
All I get is...
the blue "Power on" lite stays on for about 25 seconds,
then goes off for 1 second, and that routine continues.
On for 25, off for 1, on for 25, etc...
Sometimes the fan starts up for 1 to 3 seconds.
When a Startup disk is in the DVD drive, it sounds like it's working,
but it gets interrupted by the "power down" after 25 seconds.
Nothing ever appears on the screen. And I hear no Beeps at all.
I've gone thru the "Black Screen Issues and Troubleshooting" thread at
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/black-screen-issues-and-troubleshooting-498132.html
Removed the CMOS battery for 20 minutes.
Re-seated the Hard drive.
Re-seated and swapped the RAM.
Removed the DVD drive.
It's now time to remove the bottom to find the CPU.
Where are there some instructions for disassembling a Compaq Presario F500 (F558US)?
Thanks very much.
Mark53
All I get is...
the blue "Power on" lite stays on for about 25 seconds,
then goes off for 1 second, and that routine continues.
On for 25, off for 1, on for 25, etc...
Sometimes the fan starts up for 1 to 3 seconds.
When a Startup disk is in the DVD drive, it sounds like it's working,
but it gets interrupted by the "power down" after 25 seconds.
Nothing ever appears on the screen. And I hear no Beeps at all.
I've gone thru the "Black Screen Issues and Troubleshooting" thread at
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/black-screen-issues-and-troubleshooting-498132.html
Removed the CMOS battery for 20 minutes.
Re-seated the Hard drive.
Re-seated and swapped the RAM.
Removed the DVD drive.
It's now time to remove the bottom to find the CPU.
Where are there some instructions for disassembling a Compaq Presario F500 (F558US)?
Thanks very much.
Mark53
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Wow. EXACTLY what I needed, Pip22 !
THANKS Very Much for that.
I've got the entire thing apart now.
Don't really know what th' hell I'm gonna' do with it, though.
Still, that was fun.
Maybe if I take it to some repair shop,
they'll be able to tell if the CPU or onboard graphics is bad?
Ah, well... thanks.
THANKS Very Much for that.
I've got the entire thing apart now.
Don't really know what th' hell I'm gonna' do with it, though.
Still, that was fun.
Maybe if I take it to some repair shop,
they'll be able to tell if the CPU or onboard graphics is bad?
Ah, well... thanks.
Just a status report, for future reference...
Took the mobo to a shop... he said it's bad.
Only option is to replace the mobo.
So, I re-assembled it... no improvement.
Same symptoms as before.
So now, It's in the middle of the "Towel Fix", to re-melt the GPU solder.
We'll see.
Took the mobo to a shop... he said it's bad.
Only option is to replace the mobo.
So, I re-assembled it... no improvement.
Same symptoms as before.
So now, It's in the middle of the "Towel Fix", to re-melt the GPU solder.
We'll see.
Wow.
I don't Freakin' Believe it.
IT WORKED !
I never woulda' thought of it, without your disassembly instructions, Pip22 !
Thanks again.
On that disassembly page, after the instructions,
the "Towel" fix is first mentioned in post #290...
Laptop Repair Help » How to fix video problem on HP laptops
All is well. Life is grand.
I don't Freakin' Believe it.
IT WORKED !
I never woulda' thought of it, without your disassembly instructions, Pip22 !
Thanks again.
On that disassembly page, after the instructions,
the "Towel" fix is first mentioned in post #290...
Laptop Repair Help » How to fix video problem on HP laptops
All is well. Life is grand.
D a r n. It died again. Same symptoms.
I tried the "towel" trick. Didn't fix it.
So, I tried the "Heat gun on the Nvidia chip" trick:
Laptop Repair Help » How to fix laptop motherboard with failed NVIDIA graphics chip
It didn't work.
OK... I think the mobo is officially Dead.
Now, I just need to get my data off of the hard drive.
How best to do that?
It's a Fujitsu 100 Gb, Model MHW2100BH, PN 448046-ABC.
If I remember correctly, it was about half full.
Thanks very much for your ideas.
I Love this forum.
I tried the "towel" trick. Didn't fix it.
So, I tried the "Heat gun on the Nvidia chip" trick:
Laptop Repair Help » How to fix laptop motherboard with failed NVIDIA graphics chip
It didn't work.
OK... I think the mobo is officially Dead.
Now, I just need to get my data off of the hard drive.
How best to do that?
It's a Fujitsu 100 Gb, Model MHW2100BH, PN 448046-ABC.
If I remember correctly, it was about half full.
Thanks very much for your ideas.
I Love this forum.
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