laptop wont post

Red_LightRanger · Jan 12, 2008

Ok so I had a problem with the power connection on my laptop (flickering on and off battery) so I decided to take it apart. I found the culprit on the mobo and decided to add a little solder onto the connection. Well now I put it all back together and it wont post. In fact the screen is blank and nothing will come up.

If i somehow screwed up the screen how do i test it? Or is it the screen at all?

Cornel · Jan 13, 2008

Red_LightRanger said:
Ok so I had a problem with the power connection on my laptop (flickering on and off battery) so I decided to take it apart. I found the culprit on the mobo and decided to add a little solder onto the connection. Well now I put it all back together and it wont post. In fact the screen is blank and nothing will come up.

If i somehow screwed up the screen how do i test it? Or is it the screen at all?

It won't POST as in nothing's moving? That can be a million things... Any LED's on?

If you have HDD activity, connect an external monitor...

If the HDD activity LED is not blinking at all you probably screwed up something else (it doesn't go past POST)...

Did you have to remove the memory/CPU in the dismantling process? You might wanna reseat your memory and double check the fan connection.

C.

Red_LightRanger · Jan 13, 2008

ok it starts up fans run etc and hd led lights up. screens blank. If i hook up an external monitor dont I have to do that in windows? Or can i just plug it in? Or do i have to remove the old monitor?

PhysX · Jan 13, 2008

you can just plug it in

if its going to post itll post there too.

Cornel · Jan 13, 2008

Red_LightRanger said:
ok it starts up fans run etc and hd led lights up. screens blank. If i hook up an external monitor dont I have to do that in windows? Or can i just plug it in? Or do i have to remove the old monitor?

If the external monitor stays blank, there's a combination of keys that you wanna try. It's usually Fn + an F-key: Fn+F8 on my Dell, Fn+F7 on my wife's IBM, etc... This switches the view to an external monitor without having to do that in the video card settings menu.

Again, the HDD should not just light up, it should keep blinking (as in: the comp is past POST and it's loading the OS).

C.

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