Is it in warranty? Is it out of warranty? Your hard drive is probably trashed pretty good. Something like that while it is on will cause the read/write heads to contact the drive platters and ruin the surface. That could be the grinding you hear. If you can get it working again, replace the drive.
The memory could be jarred out of its slot causing it not to post or get a start screen. Among other things. First I would pull the floppy, cd rom and battery out. Any pc cards should be removed too. Find where the memory is installed, (either on bottom of pc or under keyboard) Remove it and reinstall it. Reinstall the battery and try to boot. Look for a start screen. If yes, good. If no, don?t be alarmed yet. YES: listen for more grinding sound. Does it try to boot "Starting Windows9X" Good. Replace hard drive. Try to back anything up. NO: under the key board. Look for a button cell battery. It could be shrink wraped in plastic. Pull its connection, and then remove the main battery. Let it set for a few minutes. Plug both batteries back in. Try to reboot. And hope something happens. If no, something farther down in the computer COULD BE loose. Also try to plug in an external monitor to see if your LCD back light or inverter is broken. If all else fails you can bring it to me and I can dig deeper. Brian O'Neal On 10/28/02 8:31 PM, "Robert Schenk" <grinnel99 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Concerning a Sony viao laptop. > > Not really a mac issue but I would appreciate any help. > > The teenage boy dropped (threw after losing Diablo II) it on the floor. > > It will not start. Can hear crunching noises coming from inside as it > attempts start. Don't even get the POST beep. Screen never changes from > pitch black. > > Never made an emergency startup disk. Never copied CMOS settings. > > Has anyone ever changed out the hard drive on one of these? Will the > reinstall disks only work with a drive with Sony ROMs. Will the > reinstall disks cover the CMOS setup utility? > > > > > ===== > War is really rough on your shoulder. > > Robert Schenk > 1821 Burdette Ave., Evansville IN 47714-5505 > voice/fax 812-402-4128. grinnel99 at yahoo.com > > Da?, der mich nicht t?tet, mich st?rker mache. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
