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- Mar 3, 2002
A friend gave me his laptop to fix, he said it had a virus. I said, sure I'll fix it (thinking it would be a easy virus removal) but it is worse than that. The lappy won't power on, the fans & HD spin up and the lights flash twice and then no boot. I did some google research and found out it is a common problem with this modle. The GPU has a crappy blue rubber block for a heatsink and it causes a overheat which in turn leads to boot failure. Here is a nice thread with pics
Youtube has quite a few vids on the topic with this nice tutorial on how to disassemble the laptop. The fix is to replace the blue rubber block with a sanded penny and TIM. I think I am going to give it a shot
Youtube has quite a few vids on the topic with this nice tutorial on how to disassemble the laptop. The fix is to replace the blue rubber block with a sanded penny and TIM. I think I am going to give it a shot