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Answer» Hello everyone
I have a serious problem with my laptop at the moment.
Bluntly it won't start properly lights on but no diskdrive light flashing or screen output
I decided it was TIME for a spyware check so started an AOL spyware scan and left it for about 2 hours closed (screen down). After returning to it the lights were on but the screen will not show anything after trying most of the buttons I tryed restarting only to find it unable to boot properly the light on the keyboard will show but nothing is responsive.
also unable to get to SAFE MODE
On power button it boots up I can hear the sound of it booting up then suddenly it stops and dies down...but with lights still on with no screen output
If anyone could help me with this matter I would be very gratefull
~systemClosing the display can sometimes PUT a system in standby mode.
But it SOUNDS like you have a larger issue. I'd download and burn to CD a copy of Knoppix Linux Live CD ISO from www.linux.org ( distributions listing ) and see if your laptop will boot off of that bootable CD. If it boots off of that CD, then the motherboard, cpu, and Ram are fine and its likely a problem with your hard drive. If no boot from bootable CD than you have a hardware failure.
If you have dial up or dont know how to create a bootable CD, you can try a Windows OS CD and boot off of that, if no boot, your laptop is likely in pretty rough shape.
Also verify that the boot order in the bios is set to CD before HD and not HD before CD otherwise it wont boot from the CD.
If this laptop has a floppy drive you could try booting off of a bootable floppy. I am guessing this laptop is new enough to not have a floppy drive.
Quote from: system01 on APRIL 01, 2008, 12:15:35 PM I decided it was time for a spyware check so started an AOL spyware scan and left it for about 2 hours closed (screen down). After returning to it the lights were on but the screen will not show anything after trying most of the buttons I tryed restarting only to find it unable to boot properly the light on the keyboard will show but nothing is responsive.
I assume when you place the screen down it cuts power to the display to save energy. Look for a "cut-off" button or switch which is activated (depressed?) when the screen is down. Ensure it is not stuck in the down or off position. Check top back center where display swings up and down (or somewhere along top back edge of laptop).What is make/model number of laptop?
Usually there's a KEY sequence (with a function key) that may be used to direct display output to the built-in screen, an external monitor, or both. I know you said there was no disk drive light flashing, but is it possible the screen output was redirected?
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