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Mar 13th, 2006
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dead laptop

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I have a laptop that when i turn on the power, the lights com on the hd comes on for a second, but nothing else. even the light for the wireless comes on. the screen does not com on. also i can never hear the chime that windows makes when it boots so i know windows isnt booting...

any sugestions on where to start.
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Re: dead laptop

IF you can remove the hard drive try this, remove it then try to boot up. If you get to the POST screen you may have a bad hard drive. Try removing anything else that can be removed (IE CD drive) and see if tou get any results with them out.
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where can I find the hard drive on a compaq presario 2500 to remove it?
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