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« on: July 19, 2009, 11:43:40 AM »
Yep my computer died. won't turn on. It's a Compaq Presario F700 Notebook, and when I hit the power button, the lights flash fo a second and then it shuts down. It's not the battery or the power supply.
 
Wondering if anyone has had the same problem and if they know how to fix it.
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2009, 12:05:21 PM »
Could it be overheating? Is its restart button jammed? Just spouting out ideas...

I have never had that happen to me.
Any comments would be appreciated. :D

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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2009, 12:22:15 PM »
Try this: Unplug the Power supply and take the battery out. Let it sit for appx 30 seconds, this sometimes will clear out the RAM if there are any errors there preventing it from booting. Put the battery back in and plug in the power supply.  Try to turn it on from there and see if it boots.

If it gives you the same problem, and you are 100 percent sure the power supply is not cooked, your motherboard is probably got an issue.

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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2009, 01:23:33 PM »
maybe take it to a shop? New hard drive? My friends computer did something similair to that, and he got a new hard drive and the laptop worked

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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2009, 01:26:42 PM »
take it alll apart and rebuild it. sometimes there is a wire loose or something else that you will notice. works for me and my 10 year old win 95 laps that die about every two months.
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2009, 01:27:44 PM »
you still use a 95?

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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2009, 01:31:07 PM »
meh for modding purposes(and to play retro games. aka quake)
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2009, 04:22:19 PM »
If you are 100% positive it's not the battery or PSU...

Did the laptop suffer wear and tear? If so, a trace might have broken on the motheboard, and then you're ****ed, unless you have LAZ0R EYES, a soldering iron and very steady hands. You may try disassembling the laptop, then clear the CMOS (BIOS settings) by taking out the little li-on button cell battery and/or shorting a jumer which is probably marked "CLR CMOS" or something.

Good luck, laptop deaths suck.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2009, 04:25:01 PM »
specially cuz they are hard to get replacement parts
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2009, 05:54:11 PM »
And they are full of bots that I really hope that you have backed up.
I built that big robot on that TV show that time


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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2009, 05:57:17 PM »
Quote from: Somebody;52957
And they are full of bots that I really hope that you have backed up.


You know, he can always take out the hard drive and connect it to his PC via an IDE cable with a special (and cheap) adapter.
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2009, 06:24:41 PM »
or shove it in another laptop(even an old 95 one) and copy the bots to a cd or somethin
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2009, 06:36:31 PM »
Ehhhh.... I have had bad luck with shoving Hardisks from one computer into another.
Any comments would be appreciated. :D

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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2009, 06:56:21 PM »
Nope, I have no back up at all. FML.
 
But seriously, im sure it's not the PSU. I'm bringing it in soon, and will keep you guys updated.
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2009, 06:58:39 PM »
Man.... that sucks. Hope it can be fixed and/or salvaged.
Any comments would be appreciated. :D

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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2009, 07:09:17 PM »
Buy an external hard drive case and shove the old one into it., they're about $20.
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« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2009, 01:03:58 PM »
I got the RAW bots if you want them back in case you ever wanted to do an AI pack or somethin.
I built that big robot on that TV show that time


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« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2009, 08:32:01 PM »
Hmm. My desktop did that once. The memory was clogged with dust. Try some un-dusting, so to speak.
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« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2009, 10:38:03 PM »
^ He's back! ^

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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2009, 08:42:26 AM »
dammit!
And just when LRA2 was gone too!
I built that big robot on that TV show that time