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Try Ebay, I found a lot of parts for my machine there

Did you try a BIOS update? It could be a fix for this.

Try to find the button that tells the screen to come on. This sticks sometimes on laptops. I always tell people not to use canned air because it only blows dust around, but it could help your problem. If you are okay with taking it apart you can find this button and see if it is sticking. This is becoming a common problem with laptops. I recently had a customer with this problem and it took me some time to figure it out. It is usually around the hinge. Look at the manual if you can't find it.

Do you know how to flash the BIOS? This could trigger it. Are you sure that it can accept the hard drive. Does the hard drive have jumpers on it? This should be on master if it does have one. Although not common on laptop hard drives it could have one.

Ensure That your Power button is clicking back and staying connected - this would cause the computer to shut down immediately.

Hey there peteinvegas, it appears your laptop is missing the driver for your onboard graphics. You can go to the website for the laptop manufacturer with your model #, and download the driver. It should auto install and guide you in the set up. Good Luck.

I am assuming F2 takes you into the bios, sometimes the password can be dissabled in the notebook system settings menu, but try 'oooo' or 'ooooo'.

navigate to device manager. look for the unknown device with an exclaimation mark on it. right mouse click and update the drivers..navigate to your cd room where the driver resides and install it manually.

go to the youtube there so many video about disasemble of laptop...

If this is happening it's usually a sign that your drive is failing as it can no longer read the media type, but just double check, if you are using Nero that you havent got DVD highlighted in the start smart as the media to burn to.

It means that ur sound drivers are corrupted and u need to reinstall ur drivers again

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Hi Jonirik,

Perhaps you can try determining if the laptop's problem is either the LCD display panel, the video card or the CCFLamp. If you can then maybe repairs can be done locally in Palau and you can source parts online.
If the unit powers up and goes through the motion of booting:
1. to determine if LCD Panel Display - connect the laptop to an external monitor. You may need to press Fn + F? key to activate and view display on the external monitor;
2. to determine if CCFLamp (and/or inverter) - power up the laptop and shine a flashlight obliquely to the screen. If you can see some semblance of display/desktop, no matter how slight/dark, then the backlight (CCFLamp) and/or the inverter is the problem; and/or
3. If there is no result on #1, then it is possible that the video card is the problem. In some instance, it could be memory, motherboard or something internal to the unit.

As to your other concern, I made inquiries but it would seem that Sharp Phils. doesn't accept laptop repairs. Nonetheless, most incoming service request are forwarded to their Service Centers.

In any case, contact information for Sharp Philippines is below:
SHARP (PHILS.) CORPORATION
Km. 23 West Service Road South Luzon
Expressway Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines
Telephone Nos. (63) (02) 842-1371, 842-0525 to 29
FAX No.842-0530
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Customer Care: [email protected]
Service Toll free number: 1-800-1-888-4952

Open your machine, check if the hdd is SATA of PATA (with pin). From here you can buy hdd that supported by your machine

hi, first of all remove any disk in the cdrom, as u say the led is on, shut down the system, and check for two things , 1) check the lethium battery, i dont think it should be bad but still, 2) if u are able to locate the RAM, remove it and clean the contacts, place it where it was, if still things dont work, check ur power adapter if the output voltage is same as specified, these are the first aids to ur system, let me know,

If this only occurs on battery power and your battery only holds a 10 minute charge? And your keyboard is external (PS2, or USB) it draws power from that battery (even the OEM keyboard does) and is probably glitching on you for lack of power. That's of course if I have understood you correctly?
Good luck.

hi, seems your repair guy was a barber, ok... try the site www.pchub.com , you might be lucky,, well!! i was once.. good luck.. & do let me know.. we shall hunt for one...

Laptop batteries are notorious for having short life spans if not 'babied' correctly. Similar to car batteries, discharging and recharging can only last for so long, until they, without notice, stop holding a charge. This is for batteries acroos the board, whether Acer, IBM, Black or White, they just don't last very long. They are made as a consumable. The BIOS trick may be true for some, but not for all issues. To update the BIOS, one has to visit their respected Notebook manufacturer's website, usually under 'Support' or 'Downloads' section and check to see whether you have the most current version. If one does not have the most current, download either the floppy version (if floppy disk drive available), or the executable one to your PC. The floppy type will automatically (usually) format and created the BIOS or 'firmware' update disk of your choosing. Full instructions are usually on the support site.

ur computer may be infectedby some virus .. format the system parttion using some linux live cd parttion tools and try to reinstall the requird os