Hello Joesph,
On Saturday 04 November 2006 04:25, Joseph Harrison Inscribed Thus:
> Hello
> I have a large laptop or portable computer:
> DESKNOTE (BY(ECS)?)
> MODEL NO A928
> _________________________
>
> |TUV | EN 60950 |
> |PRODUCT | |
> |SERVICE | |
>
> _________________________
> 44526
>
> SERIAL NO:
> GAZP21706392 4AB 3912A364
>
> This computer has a problem startin up, when it is started the HD
> indicator light comes on
> for 2 or 3 seconds and then goes off. The sacreen does not light up
> nor show mem check
> or any error message. The power is still on as other lights are lit
> and the cooling fan is
> working but nothing on screen. Restarting the computer hundreds of
> times sometimes
> results in a normal start and I run virus and adware checks and find
> nothing.
> When it is restarted sometimes it works correctly and sometimes it
> goes back into
> the cycle of endless hard restarts with no boot up and HD indicator
> light comes on
> for 2 or 3 seconds and then goes off. The sacreen does not light up
> nor show mem
> check or any error message.
>
> I sent it back for warrenty work but they could not find anything
> wrong, they
> kept it for 2 months and started it several times a day with no
> problem.
>
> When it came back it worked OK for 3 or 4 weeks and then started
> its tricks again, and got worse and worse until out of 2000 restarts
> had only 3 successful starts.
>
> I have misplaced the warrenty info, so cannot contact them until
> I find it!!
>
> I got an adapter to connect the HD to a desktop but had to buy a
> second adaptor as this is a newer laptop HD that gets its power and
> data through the one connector: Toshiba 60GB Hard Drive
> (ATA-5, 4200 RPM, 2MB - MPN: MK6021GAS)
>
> The HD checks out fine for reading and writing. What other tests
> can I run
> with it connected by USB to the desktop?
>
> The HD has 2 partitions, C:\Windows 15 GB and D:\Data the rest of
> the disk.
> I am thinking about buying another HD and trying to install windows
> on that in
> place of the original, but would like some opinions on the problem,
> is it a windows problem, MBR, boot sector, etc. I am lost without an
> error code and no signs of life on the screen, and then after
> restarting the computer hundreds of times sometimes results in a
> normal start.
>
> Thank You Joe Harrison
Having read the other posts, I am inclined to suspect a BIOS or BIOS
chip problem ! I had one a machine (Desktop) that behaved just as you
describe. Turned out that the machine had a slow to read BIOS chip !
The boot process didn't wait quite long enough before it skipped a test
and then just hung. The only way to get out of that was to power off
and on ! Since its in warranty, bang it back and demand a
replacement machine !
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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