2006-10-17 12:08:04 · 7 answers · asked by BRIAN D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Try taking out the memory and reseating it. In most laptops, the memory is behind a door on the bottom of the machine, held closed with one or two screws. make sure your laptop is not plugged in and the battery is out when you do this. Take out the memory, plug in the power supply and see if the laptop goes on. If it does, unplug it, put the memory back in and try again. If it does not start, than the memory is bad. If it does start, it was just loose.
Also make sure the hard drive is all the way in. In most laptop, they slide into a slot and are held in with just a screw. You should really check the Laptops specs from the manufacturer to see where the parts are inside it. If the harddrive is easily accessable, pull it out and try turning on the laptop. If the laptop goes on, put the drive back in and try again. If the laptop does not go on, it's a bad harddrive. That should be the problem, usually a bad harddrive will not keep a laptop from booting, but it doesn't hurt to check.
Tp test the power supply and battery; first, take out the battery and try turning on with just the power cord. If it goes on, than it's a bad battery. If not, and if you know someone with the same model of laptop, borrow their power supply, take out your battery and then try turning it on. If it goes on, than you need a new power supply. Then try it with the battery in it. If it stops working, than you need both a battery and a power supply.
It would help if we knew what model and make of the laptop.
2006-10-17 12:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by Unknown_Usr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad power supply
2006-10-17 12:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the connector between the battery and the laptop and make sure it is touching and is clean. then check the power supply and make sure it is clean and there is nothing blocking it.
2006-10-17 12:12:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Bonnie said...could be dead battery...
Bad powersupply
Fried Motherboard
Anything
2006-10-17 12:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by Josh B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charge the battery.Then it might fire up.
2006-10-21 08:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by George K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power supply if its pluged in the battery doesnt matter
2006-10-17 12:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe check the battery hasn't died on ya :-)
2006-10-17 12:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋