Comments on: Laptop is dead. How to troubleshoot the problem.

By: Ny

Ny — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:43:56 +0000

I have an Acer Aspire and can’t get my screen saver to work all the time, like it did the first 6 – 8 months or so. When I set up the screen saver, certain ones will work for a little while if I set them on preview for a long time. Then after 2/3 hours or so, instead of the screen going to screen saver during wait mode, the screen just goes black. What can I do to fix this poblem. My laptop just turned a year old in December.

By: jake

jake — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:54:17 +0000

I was on the internet and I ran the battery dead while downloading songs on the internet now it won’t come back on when I plug it into the wall outlet the light showing the the power is to the computer but it won’t show on the front of the laptop . I was thinking it was the battery but I’m not sure . I just want to figure it out

By: ivan

ivan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:34:48 +0000

Hi,
i have the same laptop with the same symptoms. I heat the mainboard with the hot air station at the upper right corner (both sides, of course) and it works! Seems like that is common problem for this series…

By: blessed

blessed — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:59:23 +0000

iknowcute, i think u have cooling fan problem please check your fan when you power your system on, see whether it is rotating or the heat sink is not blocked.

By: blessed

blessed — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:53:45 +0000

i have a toshiba satellite A133-S4656 laptop.the system power on but could not boot.i have tried several troubleshooting on it such as memory, hard drive, cd rom external monitor, lancard wireless card disconnect, yet nothing happened. pls what next can i do to helpm this situation.

By: tony

tony — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:51:18 +0000

When I switch on laptop the fan starts and stays on, the battery and power led lights up, the cd drive lights up and stays on but nothing else happens. No hard drive light, nothing on screen.
The laptop will not switch of, I have to remove battery.
Any help would be great.

By: Thinkpader

Thinkpader — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:38:47 +0000

I’ve got an IBM T43. It was powered on and sitting on the table when I heard a small “pop” noise. The laptop shut down. It doesn’t recognize the adapter being plugged in and when I hit the power button nothing happens. Occasionally, when the adapter is plugged in there will be a short buzz when I press the power button, but nothing else. Does this sound like a power surge followed by something on the board frying? I’ve disassembled the computer and have checked the board for any obvious spots. Nothing visual. Any help would be appreciated.

By: iknowcute

iknowcute — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:32:34 +0000

my problem is when i start to use my lap after 30 or 1 hr it shut down automatically.. specifcally it is dead. how can i fix this? please help me.

By: HP Support

HP Support — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:50:49 +0000

The issue that you are facing with the HP notebook is due to the Motherboard.

Please contact HP support and they will arrange a free mail-in-repair.

By: Prabal

Prabal — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:32:29 +0000

I m Using HP Laptop im also facing the same problem that LED and Fan working but nothing diplay on the screen even i used externel monitor also . But nothing displayed .

When i contact another hardware vendor he told me ur ROM got faulty and it is not possible to repair or replace it . You have to change the motherboard , which is very costly .

Plz suggest wht i have to do in this situation .
Regards
Prabal