Laptop Help please

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I've been given a laptop to look at and it's puzzling me a bit.

It starts up, tries POST, then I get a blank screen.. then it whirrs for a bit, then restarts. It's annoying because I can't even get to run UBCD or run any recovery disks. Can't get into BIOS or anything. The owner reckons by pressing firmly down this enables the PC to boot into windows but only for a limited time.

There are no POST beeps codes no any error messages.

I'm having problems getting the back off as well which isn't helping.

Any ideas? I'm thinking dodgy motherboard.
 
Admiral Huddy said:
The owner reckons by pressing firmly down this enables the PC to boot into windows but only for a limited time.

'Pressing down'? What do you mean by this? Pressing down on a part of the laptop? Pressing the down arrow key?

Sound's like it might be a possible short circuit, or dodgy connection on the mobo?!
 
very surprised there are no error indications at all.

Do none of the power batt or hdd lights flash at all?

That can sometimes give you a hint.

Also what laptop is it?
 
div0 said:
'Pressing down'? What do you mean by this? Pressing down on a part of the laptop? Pressing the down arrow key?

Sound's like it might be a possible short circuit, or dodgy connection on the mobo?!


Literally just lightly pressing the case.

Frank_Rizzo said:
Could be heat issue causing reboot.

Dust in fans? Heatsink paste dried up?

Good call.. Would this happen from cold boot though?


Datamonkey said:
very surprised there are no error indications at all.

Do none of the power batt or hdd lights flash at all?

That can sometimes give you a hint.

Also what laptop is it?

I'm running it from main with battery out.. then again with a charged battery.

It just shows thre power light and disk activity.. The speaker emits no beeps at all.

I'm not near the laptop at the mo. All I know it's an Acer. It appears also to be a nightmare to get inside.
 
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hey up,

right slow down first of all.

If its showing disk activity and such then you need to hook it upto a monitor dude.

Sounds to me like either the back light or the invertor (spelling) has failed on the screen, hence why when pressing down "could" possibly bring the screen back to life.


Whack it onto a desktop mon, and you may find it springs back into life.


You see the no error beeps or flashing lights on the front says to me that all is ok, and that its the panel thats at fault which the laptop would not report.

I have subscribed to this thread, so that if i can help you out i will.
 
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