My laptop is having major issues - I hope it's still salvageable!
Here's the scoop - it was logging on to windows, and I put the password in. I left for a bit to make supper, and came back, and it was on a black screen, but the power light was still lit up. I know the battery was fairly low, so I assumed it was just shutting off the screen to save the battery...maybe the battery wasn't low - I'm not sure.
Now it won't turn on. It will light up the power button all the time. On the front, there are four buttons - harddrive, no-idea, power, and on. The on light works all the time. The harddrive light comes on for a second, then it turns off. The power light you press is always lit up.
A disk inserted into the drive makes noise, but doesn't change anything.
It never makes it to the BIOS screen - just a black screen. There were no gremlins or anything odd before, and I run very good antivirus software...I can't even get to a screen that lets me change anything.
Windows 7 was preloaded, so there's no disk. Even if I had the disk, the windows code was printed on the bottom of the laptop, and it's rubbed off now.
I've tried disconnecting the harddrive, and reseating the ram - I started it with the battery and without, and pressed the power button for a full minute - I tried all the F2, F8, etc buttons...after that, I'm out of ideas. I really want to save my family's pictures - is there any hope?
Andrew
Here's the scoop - it was logging on to windows, and I put the password in. I left for a bit to make supper, and came back, and it was on a black screen, but the power light was still lit up. I know the battery was fairly low, so I assumed it was just shutting off the screen to save the battery...maybe the battery wasn't low - I'm not sure.
Now it won't turn on. It will light up the power button all the time. On the front, there are four buttons - harddrive, no-idea, power, and on. The on light works all the time. The harddrive light comes on for a second, then it turns off. The power light you press is always lit up.
A disk inserted into the drive makes noise, but doesn't change anything.
It never makes it to the BIOS screen - just a black screen. There were no gremlins or anything odd before, and I run very good antivirus software...I can't even get to a screen that lets me change anything.
Windows 7 was preloaded, so there's no disk. Even if I had the disk, the windows code was printed on the bottom of the laptop, and it's rubbed off now.
I've tried disconnecting the harddrive, and reseating the ram - I started it with the battery and without, and pressed the power button for a full minute - I tried all the F2, F8, etc buttons...after that, I'm out of ideas. I really want to save my family's pictures - is there any hope?
Andrew