Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:02:31
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore
Sounds like dodgy memory...try removing then reseating any expanded memory
you might have - under the kb on the left, and you might also try reseating
the hard drive. If the bios doesn't see the drive, there's a *long* pause
before it decides to complain.
Plus - load a copy of the bios onto a floppy using a desktop - onto a
bootable disk. Try and flash the bios (um, can't remember exact sequence but
I think it's hold the backspace key on powerup, with the floppy in the
drive) and see if it gets through that.
The tech manual isn't helpful - there's a lovely flowchart of things to do,
90% of which end up with 'change the motherboard' :(
Neil
>From: "Baronner, Allard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:32:20 -0800
>
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:18:29 +0100
>From: "Baronner, Allard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore
>
>PLEASE HELP! I use this tiny machine so often, the second it went down I
>missed it! My libretto is not booting anymore.
>
>After pushing the powerbutton, the powerLED turns and the harddisk spins
>up, but that's all. No screen. No beep-signals. No further drive activity.
>I
>checked the hard drive in another machine, not a problem. I also removed
>the
>additional RAM, but that wasn't the problem either.
>
>The strange thing is, when I spank (yeah, I know, but I get frustrated) the
>Libretto, it sometimes boot into Windows and it's working. But when there's
>some pressure on the left side (where the harddisk is placed), the machine
>turns black and the problem starts from the beginning (e.g. no screen,
>etc.).
>
>It looks like a loose contact, but there's nothing I can see. Has anyone a
>solution?
>
>Please help me!
>
>Allard Baronner
>The Netherlands
>
>
>
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