To Sittas - laptop CD drives are often brand and model specific, the location and type of connector can vary between brands. Also many brands have proprietary chipsets on motherboard or optical...

There is an adapter available to adapt a 2.5" ide drive to 3.5" it has the standard ide pin out and a plug in for a standard molex thes typically run under $10US.

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There should be a port on the computer to hook up an external monitor to. This in combination with fn - f5 will give display on the external monitor.

You can do the install on...

No, it is very unlikely that it will have been damaged, mostly due to it not havning ever been powered on for any long periods of time.

It is possible, unfortunately in order to flash the BIOS you will need a CPU in the board, of course this only requires any compatible CPU if you can obtain one. Most small shops would be willing to...

10 Flashes generally means an issue with memory or motherboard.

Your best troubleshooting will be to use one memory module in one slot and then the other slot testing the module and slots in this...

Yeah, you might verify that the CPU and MB are compatible. Sometimes it isn't lidted really clearly in documentation and you may need to send a msg to the manufacturer of the MB to be 100% but if...

Try powering on with various memory configurations, remove all, only one in each of the slots, and trying the diffferent memory in each of them This will eliminate the idea of a bad memory SODIMM or...

Well, assuming that the Power supply is still good then this is going to be a failed motherboard then. Intel has a 3 year warranty on US sales of motherboards so you may, depending on when you...

I had a similar issue with my personal computer using OCZ 6400 memory, I was able to resolve it 100% by manually setting memory timings in BIOS, I recommend trying that, if the full timings aren't...

Actually, I would encourage you to read the info at the link and you will see that the symptoms are the same as what you are experiencing. I encourage anyone with these problems to bring pressure on...

Before you go much farther you might consider testing the hard drive using Seatools or the like, I'd hate for you to get everything up and going only to find the hard drive is failing. As for advice...

Hi All, OK I think I'm going to have to create a special thread for all of the HP / Compaq people out there with this problem.

Unfortunately for you the HP Pavillion DV2000 / DV6000 / DV9000 which...

Hi All, OK I think I'm going to have to create a special thread for all of the HP / Compaq people out there with this problem.

Unfortunately for you the HP Pavillion DV2000 / DV6000 / DV9000 which...

On a Dell when it is first starting up it should be either f2, f10 or delete key. This will get you into a screen with test that allows you to navigate through it using either arrows, +/- or pg up...

The first thing I would advise is to remove everything, memory, wireless card, optical drive, hard drive and and other things attached to the computer and try a restart. At this point you will...

OK we'll be around to help, post us on if it fixes it or not and be sure to mark thread solved at the end - it helps other people in similar circumstances to sometime be able to see a completed...

Well at this point it is most likely that you a bad hard drive, we can try a recovery of the drive but I don't think it will work at all. After that the choices you have are is you want to first try...

Data cable - the wide cable that connects between the drive and the motherboard

Optical Drive - CD or DVD drive using a laser and lens to read data

Jumper - a small block that spans 2 or more...

OK, since you have changed boot priority and it isn't seeing the Hard drive - which is otherwise detected in BIOS, you likely have a problem with a cable, a controller or the hard drive. The cable...

At this point you should probably check the settings on the drives. Occasionally if the Master / Slave settings are off or set to cable select it can have an impact on things. You may also want to...

As a further item I have just stumbled across a new program involving this series of laptop as well as the HP Pavillion DV2000/ DV6000 / DV9000 and the Compaq Presario V3000/V6000 series.
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Right now I just recieved one of these and am experiencing a similar set of circumstances. With either adapter or battery used as power and on / off button pressed the machine will attempt to...

Next step should be to go look and see if it detects the hard drives, and make sure the boot order has the hard drive at the top. Generally this is in one of the following generally: system...

When the machine first starts up you should try the various common keys for entering BIOS even before you see anything, especially if you have an LCD monitor as these often don't show the initial...

First let me state I am not a Dell CSR so I am not 100% on things.

Normally though this error is on a replaced motherboard or system repaired by dell that was not taken out of Dells Diagnostic...

Actually, I think the first thing you should do is to check in BIOS what the boot order is set to. This is probably an instance where something is in the optical drive or that the boot order has...

Generally when this occurs due to overclocking it can be resolved by going into the BIOS and turning off or turning back down the overclocking.

Sounds like you are on the right track, At this point especially considering the age of the computer you shouuld be able to contact the manufacturer of your motherboard and get a RMA # from them and...

If it says no OS found or something like that then yes bad hard drive.

You need to know the kind of connector of your current one if it is a slot kind of thing then it is SATA if it is a wide...

You likely have a bad or failing hard drive, the first things to do though in this case are to check your connections between your HD and MB and the HD and PSU. Unplug and reseat each of these...

If this were me I'd take off and reseat all connections on motherboard and the memory. It is likely something small like that, if you want to be systematic about it, remove everyting from board and...

If you think it still may be the case, you can try "dry posting the board."

See if you have a speaker on the board if so you can: remove power, remove memory, remove jumpers for reset switch and...

Most likely the PSU, bad memory or bad board.

Bad memory you should be able to test by swapping them around and single sticking it, but I doubt this is it.

Bad power supply is most easily...

There is a chance that it could still be the adapter then depending on it's rating, if it isn't then you are looking at something within the power distribution / regulating system which generally...

This may seem like a dumb thing to ask, but it may be worth verifying that the adapter meets the power requirements of that Laptop, if I remember correctly the 610 is a model that requires a 90W...

Noticed this post hasn't seen any answers yet, so lets take it systematcally. All of this is based on you having already swapped memory modules around and run with only one at a time to test if...

This sounds like a case of something causing the laptop to draw too much power for the adapter, or causing a fault in it. I am going to assume at this point the laptop doesn't power off battery...

Try these things:

Remove all memory and start it up - note any flashing of LEDs or tones from computer on startup.

Try starting it with only one memory modules in first the A then the B slot,...

It really depends on if you plan to do the repair yourself or not. If you feel comfortable taking apart the laptop then disassemble it and remove the motherboard. With a $10 multimeter you can run...