Computers| Computers |
|
05-04-2007, 05:33 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 780
|  Friend's Laptop Issues Hey guys, my friend's laptop has had alot of trouble with it's hard drive, going out 2 times now and it was giving him issues for about 2 months now. The issue is that it suddenly will NOT turn on, I would assume this is a problem with the HDD, but it could also show that the motherboard is fried, is there anyway to tell without having to buy a new HDD which is a special HP HDD with a different ATA connection than normal HDDs. Anyways, any of you guys got any suggestions/ideas to check before we order a new one? Thanks guys.
__________________ Geek Squad Counter Intelligence Agent "Truth is violated by falsehood but outraged by silence." Ad Astra Per Aspera- To the stars, through difficulty. |
|  |
|
05-04-2007, 06:29 PM
| #2 (permalink) |
| EagleMod  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bolingbrook, IL - USA
Posts: 3,481
  | Re: Friend's Laptop Issues What model of laptop is it? When it Doesn't turn on, is it on battery power, or AC power? I am guess this is a SATA hard drive? How old is the laptop? Has he contacted HP support to RMA the Hard drive, or just go out and buy a new one?
__________________ Please do NOT IM, PM or email me with computer support questions. I WILL work with you on any forum related issues via PM -Thank you! Gaming Rig: - GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6, Intel Q9550 @ 2.83 Ghz, TRUE (MX-2 & 2 Scythe SFF21D), Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR 800, HIS Radeon X1950XT, CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX, 4x Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500 GB, ASUS DRW-2014L1T, Antec 900 The NAS Box: D-Link DNS-323 & 2x Seagate 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB - JBOD   | My Antec 900 Build Log | Project Pink | Operation Home Run | | General Forum Rules | Networking FAQs & Tutorials | Hardware Tutorials | |
|
| |
|
05-05-2007, 02:42 PM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 780
| Re: Friend's Laptop Issues It is a two year old laptop, well out of warranty, and the HDD failed about two times prior, it is a special sata connection laptop, I think 2/3/4/5 anyways, it will not power on via battery or plugged in. Any thoughts?
__________________ Geek Squad Counter Intelligence Agent "Truth is violated by falsehood but outraged by silence." Ad Astra Per Aspera- To the stars, through difficulty. |
|
| |
|
05-05-2007, 07:46 PM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Master Techie  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Posts: 2,186
| Re: Friend's Laptop Issues Hello, Still, what laptop model is it? And has your friend tried resetting the BIOS by removing the coin / button cell lithium battery?
__________________ Alvin.C |HP Compaq 2510p Business Notebook| |Windows XP Home Edition| |Intel Core 2 Duo ULV U7600 1.2 GHz| |12.1" Illumi-Light Display| |Mobile Intel GM965 Chipset| |Mobile Intel GMA X3100 Graphics| |1GB DDR2-SDRAM| |80GB PATA 4200RPM HDD| |DVD+/-RW Drive| |
|
| |
|
05-06-2007, 07:52 AM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 780
| Re: Friend's Laptop Issues I will get the actual laptop model later today, hes sleeping over at his Girlfriend's house right now, *******. Anyways, I never thought about resetting the BIOS, I will try it on it when he gets back. He is computer illiterate and knows nothing about computers beyond how to type so he would have no idea what the BIOS is. I feel stupid for not thinking about it myself. I will get back to you guys.
__________________ Geek Squad Counter Intelligence Agent "Truth is violated by falsehood but outraged by silence." Ad Astra Per Aspera- To the stars, through difficulty. |
|
| |
|
05-10-2007, 07:43 PM
| #7 (permalink) |
| Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 780
| Re: Friend's Laptop Issues HP DV1217US is the model number for his laptop. Thanks guys. P.S. here is the issue guys. I tried to turn it on without the HDD or the battery inside of it and it still will not turn on. I assume that if the HDD was the issue the **** thing would at least boot to the BIOS without it right? Anyways, where would I find the CMOS battery on it, cannot seem to find it. Thanks guys.
__________________ Geek Squad Counter Intelligence Agent "Truth is violated by falsehood but outraged by silence." Ad Astra Per Aspera- To the stars, through difficulty. Last edited by JoshSB; 05-10-2007 at 07:56 PM. |
|
| |
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Gaming Laptop...? | Trepkos | Building, Buying, or Upgrading High Performance PC Systems | 21 | 04-20-2007 02:47 AM |
| Boot/Video/HDD/Something Issues | Tidane | Hardware Troubleshooting | 3 | 04-17-2007 04:36 PM |
| Company Makes Million Dollar Laptop | Osiris | Off Topic Discussion | 0 | 03-26-2007 07:32 PM |
Linear Mode
