Try disconnecting the battery and connecting it again, or try using it with the battery off the computer, and so on. I am by no means sure if this will work, but it's easy, so you might as well try it. It saved me a couple of times when my Compaq wouldn't boot, however I hadn't open mine.
Good luck! FC On Tuesday November 2 2004 11:40 am, Matt Price wrote: > Hello laptopers, > > I recently replaced the hard drive in my hp omnibook 4100. Everything > sent fine at first, but when I went to reboot this morning power dies > even before the BIOS screen comes on. This happens even when I have a > bootable KNOPPIX rescue disk in the cd tray. > > I am worried that I may have damaged the fragile HD chassis cable when I > changed disks; but I'm loathe to takei t back out again b/c every time > I open & shut it I worry more. Does anyone out there recognize this > problem, & can you give any advice on what to do? > > Thanks a lot, > > Matt > > > -------------------------- > .''`. Matt Price > > : :' : Debian User > > `. `'` & hemi-geek > `- > -------------------------- > don't use these addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
