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Not booting press power button (mains) laptop fan operates, hdd/power/battery lights on.accesses dvd but will not read disk, cpu fan on/off approx 3 times then switches off. at no time does anything happen on lcd. can you help!

  • bluzeman Aug 03, 2008

    Thanx but tried it with battery in and out, no difference! Removed HDD and memory and reseated them. Checked HDD in a usb enclosure with a desktop pc (scandisked) - fine - 2 patitions with data on them. removed heatsink fan & cpu reseated with compound - in for a penny in for a pound ! ! ! !

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Remove battery and try again (on mains). If it works then battery may be too far gone!

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