Slammed the lid down on my laptop, & it doesn't work

you might want to take that to a certified technician ..There is a pile of things that could be wrong ...If I tried anything it would be to remove the battery and the power cord and press and hold the power button down with the power unplugged wait about 30 seconds and plug everything back in ...Let me know if that does not work

Sounds like you have damaged the hard drive. Just because you can read the files doesn't mean that the hard drive is not damaged. You may have corrupted a particular part of the data when you gave it a jolt. My suggestion would be to find a laptop that is the same and try the hard drive, or buy a new hard drive and see if that fixes it.

Hi, I know this model because I have one exactly as yours and I fixed it a couple of time. Your problem seems to be the lid switch assembly. Your wiil find it for less than $40 at partselect.ca or at the place of your choice. Before buying it make sure that the lid is not loose, if it is, just replace the lid hinge balls (2). If the lid is not loose you might have the lid switch checked by the appropriate person for looseness or breakage. That switch is located under the timer. You will also notice a small bulge on the lid facing the switch. It should be intact or it will not activate the switch.

You think your hard disk is unplugged due to slamming a lid closed? If thats the case then the answer is yes. Get a screw driver and un screw both screws on the bottom of the laptop with the power cable unplugged and the battery out of the unit. Press and hold the power button down for sixty seconds before reseating the hard drive or connecting any cables to it.

it is very unlikely and kind of unusual that the hard drive would just become unplugged due to slamming a lid down. I hope you have not damaged the drive instead? If thats the case then there is nothing you can do but purchase another one.

Good luck!

Make sure you set the right action for the laptop closing. Right click on the battery or plug icon on far right of the windows bar the go to power option.

Then make sure that for any power mode the computer won't enter the sleep state when closing the lid.

If this doesn't work, you might have a dell specific software the takes care of the power setting and override the windows default one, try to find it and alter the settings as mentionned above.

good luck

please this could be due to boot files. repair your os to replace the corrupted files using the installation CD

Honestly even if you were to get lucky and be able to get vista back onto the laptop, your going to get even more bad sectors quickly cause the hard drive is going bad.

Get a new hard drive put in there and then get the laptop restored back to factory defaults.

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You have to consult a service technician on this hardware issue.

I think it is in the lid switch. If the lid switch is malfunctioning on a maytag top loader it will not start washing. Probably by slamming the lid you are making the connection you need for the time being. It is located at the back underneath the lid in the middle. Follow the link and you will see and diagram and parts associated with your washer. http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/getSubComp.pd?modelNumber=A4910&productCategoryId=0153000&brandId=3048&modelName=MAYTAG-LAUNDRY&diagramPageId=00002&componentDescription=TOP COVER, CONSOLE & LID SWITCH

Hi, can you help me? This printer was working fine for about 4 months and then in wont print anything anoymore. All it says to do is close the lid, but the dam thing isnt open. I tried opening and closing, removing ink cartrige and even slamming it down but still say door opened?