I'm trying to fix a laptop at work, but the problem it has is completely stumping me. It won't turn on at all. I checked the battery with a voltmeter, and it's charged. Plugging it in won't work, neither does switching batteries or cords. The CMOS battery is fine, and the RAM doesn't do anything. When you press the power button, the battery light flashes almost imperceptibly, then two seconds later the status lights (i.e. caps lock, num lock, power, etc.) flash, and then nothing. No POST beeps, nothing.
I'm working on an IBM Thinkpad A31 with a Pentium 4 and 320 Mb of RAM, probably running Windows 2000, but I don't know since it won't start.
Last edited by dargueta; 07-25-2008 at 12:13 PM.
I had a similar problem problem, trying to remember how i fixed it...
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Bad power supply, or bad motherboard.
Was going to say the MoBo cuz his batts are woking.
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“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
The power supply can still function partially and some stuff will load, but it will get stuck somewhere in the boot process and power down See it a lot at work.
Thats why I just binned that rig! =p
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Just put a new power supply in.
Buy a new laptop.
/Agree.Originally Posted by Xav
Buy a new laptop.
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“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
If you are going to buy a new laptop, send me the old one if you are just going to throw it away, lol.
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