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Anonymous Posted on Apr 15, 2012

Z560 will not boot.

System powers up. Fan runs. Caps Lock and Num Lock lights do not work. Screen is blank. Hard drive is accessed only once. Don't know if the keyboard is active.

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  • Anonymous Apr 18, 2012

    I inserted a bootable system recovery disk and I still have the same problem. The screen is blank, the keyboard is not responsive so any key action is impossible. This is my grand daughter's college laptop so I really don't know how the problem surfaced. I have tried every possible fix on this site. I fear that the motherboard is the problem.

  • Anonymous Apr 18, 2012

    See added comments.

  • Anonymous May 01, 2012

    Could a computer virus cause this problem? If so, how is it corrected?

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