10-08-2010, 07:50 PM
Of course not! you may only address me as Grand poobah Michelle
unlike the commoners name of Michelle
thanks for all the info
I will have to go through all of those recommendations when I get a moment to scratch my b.........
ack
that's might fine of you to help
it's a compaq and it's roughly 4 years old. The light comes on and it seems to want to boot for about a half a second, then goes off again. the fan doesn't come on at all. I'll try the other things. It was playing up for a while not going on about 1 in every 2or 3 tries then all of a sudden
kerplooonk
no go
just stopped so as I said I'll check all those things and get back to ya with the result
thanks again
talk soon
Michelle
[quote name='PeterJMelb' timestamp='1281416892' post='28766']
[size="4"][color="#8b0000"]Oh Grand Pooh Bah!
May I call you Michelle?
Well I thought you had spat the dummy and was not going to converse with us gentle commoners any more.
About the laptop.
Well I guess it is not new otherwise you would have tried some form of warranty.
Have you checked the battery connections for tightness.
Are the connections clean?
When the power pack is plugged in do you get a "power on" light?
Is it stable?
When you press the start switch do you get an action light for that?
Try to check if the internal fan runs by listening or feeling for breeze at the outlet vents.
If the fan does not run, well it sounds like the fault to be in the power supply somewhere.
Can you put a CD in the optical drive and when you try to start does it spin?
If it spins it maybe possible to put in a rescue disk.
Or do you get nothing on the screen ever? No white writing on black background?
Well next thing to try is Google the brand and model. Ask Google for know faults.
If you can't do that I will try if you tell me the name etc.. Google has fixed many things for me in the past!
Could it be that the power pack has been faulty for a time and now the battery is dead flat?
If you are so inclined you may wish to answer via a PM?
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unlike the commoners name of Michelle
thanks for all the info
I will have to go through all of those recommendations when I get a moment to scratch my b.........
ack
that's might fine of you to help
it's a compaq and it's roughly 4 years old. The light comes on and it seems to want to boot for about a half a second, then goes off again. the fan doesn't come on at all. I'll try the other things. It was playing up for a while not going on about 1 in every 2or 3 tries then all of a sudden
kerplooonk
no go
just stopped so as I said I'll check all those things and get back to ya with the result
thanks again
talk soon
Michelle
[quote name='PeterJMelb' timestamp='1281416892' post='28766']
[size="4"][color="#8b0000"]Oh Grand Pooh Bah!
May I call you Michelle?
Well I thought you had spat the dummy and was not going to converse with us gentle commoners any more.
About the laptop.
Well I guess it is not new otherwise you would have tried some form of warranty.
Have you checked the battery connections for tightness.
Are the connections clean?
When the power pack is plugged in do you get a "power on" light?
Is it stable?
When you press the start switch do you get an action light for that?
Try to check if the internal fan runs by listening or feeling for breeze at the outlet vents.
If the fan does not run, well it sounds like the fault to be in the power supply somewhere.
Can you put a CD in the optical drive and when you try to start does it spin?
If it spins it maybe possible to put in a rescue disk.
Or do you get nothing on the screen ever? No white writing on black background?
Well next thing to try is Google the brand and model. Ask Google for know faults.
If you can't do that I will try if you tell me the name etc.. Google has fixed many things for me in the past!
Could it be that the power pack has been faulty for a time and now the battery is dead flat?
If you are so inclined you may wish to answer via a PM?
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