old post JAN 18' , let me guess the shop wants 5 times value just to tell you X is bad. right? GeekSxxxd.?
sure it was ok before , all things are really. but not now,
but sure you did not buy it broken, that is good clue.
first off , all laptops made have this huge battery
and all this old are bad and worse shorted
so get that battery out first. simple , no? remove it
and run on AC power pack for eternity if you want to.
I guess this is black screen of Deathh(sic) post.
100% never ever shows text, even doing the long reset with power.
the next step on any LT, is to carbon14 date it, (build year)
it is very old, 14 years old today. with old old Pentium M processor.
all PCs this old have CCLF backlamps. that all died years go.
in fact most died, at about 2010 year, ok?>
the lamps go dead after only 20,000 hours of use.
we throw these PCs away.
for 2 reasons.
1: huge labor and cost to replace those lamps.
2: and PC has no street value, at all. $23 used on ebay busted.
here is the magic flash light test for all old laptops
works on deal lamps from year 2000 to 2010
2010 is LED back lamp born day.
power on,
the fan must spin, heard and MUST Blow are or the LT will overheat.
the use the flashlight like this. to see if you see data there.
if yes,bingo, CCLF failure.
http://www.pcdied.com/monitors_and_screens/flash-light-trick.html
