The power light goes on when it's plugged in, but nothing comes on the screen. When I press the on button, nothing happens. No hard drive noises or anything. We've opened it up and it doesn't look like there's any loose connections. Is it worth paying money and having it looked at to try and fix it? I loved this laptop. :(
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It might be something simple.  Depends upon how old the laptop is.  Most laptop service centers charge $60 to $70 to diagnose what is wrong.  If they can fix it and it's a reasonable price you can repair it and they usually will apply the diagnosis fee towards the repair costs.  Worth getting it check out to find out.
430966
There could be quite a few problems, but this could also be a fairly simple fix.  I would first try to just unplug the whole darn thing, wait about 30 seconds, and then plug it in again and try to start it.  Seeing as you have internet access, I would also try going to this website: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07173&lc=en&cc=us&rule=14694&dlc=&product=396431.  That hopefully will help. =)  Good luck!
341471
no kiddin.... but where did you get this laptop from.... ??????\nIf that's a real problem... then take all your laptop warranty papers and go to the nearest service center that belongs to the brand of your laptop.... else post again with the LAPTOP SERIAL NUMBER...(someone might be searching for it).
515361
sounds likje 2 things....1 your battery is no longer charging or isn't maintaining a charge and 2 your laptop has lost the info for the battery.\nBoot into the bios and somewhere in there it should have some sort of battery learning box or selection.....it'll take a long time to run but what it does is "flashes" into the motherboard memory how much and what kind of battery it has, this will at least give you a more accurate battery reading from the power config in Windows.......If you are able to use it with the battery reading Zero its because the power adapter is connected to the laptop, the shutting down could be a loose connection to the power source or the laptop is overheating or that in the power configuration it is set to shut down when the battery gets to a certain level.......change the power settings and double check the connections and also look in the bios for the battery learning thing.......all in all I'd say you probably will need to replace the battery but in the meantime the other things should work for you.
670017
when you popped the battery out, did you also disconnect the power input at that time? let it sit about 10-20 minutes with no battery and not plugged in.\nFailing that try pushing a paper-clip in the small hole on the right-hand side of your laptop, just forwards of the PC-Card slots.\nThis is a common location for the hard reset switch on many laptops (not sure if yours is in the same place)
169494
I suspect the bios battery has gone dead.  I would look on ebay and find one and replace it.  If it still does not boot the IBM iSeries are getting rather old, so it might be time to retire it?  If you have an attachement and stuff on the laptop you need to retrieve you can go to local laptop service center and for a $60+ diagnosis fee they will tell you what is wrong and how much to repair.  Should you repair it they will usually apply the diagnosis fee to the repair costs.
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did you check it worked whilst in the shop and get them to sign the reciept to say that it worked.\nif no then you have no comeback.\nget you´re laptop back and start looking on e-bay for the same laptop for spares or repair(like broken screen but not motherboard faults)\nyou will be able to repair it you´re self by taking the base apart and putting it back together in reverse(a monkey can do this belive me just don´t have it pluged in or the battery inserted.\nhave fun and learn something interesting.
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Yes you could have burnt it out but not because you plug it into the wall socket and use the battery at the same time.  It may just be that there was a power surge/spike.  Get it checked out by a professional.  If you could see melted plastic then definitely something is wrong.\n\nGet a quote for a repair and see is it worth getting a new one.  These things are repairable.  \n\nHave you tried plugging it into the wall socket and boot the laptop up?   What happens?  Any signs?\n\nBattery Wizard
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This is nothing to do with your hard drive. The hard drive connects directly to the hard disk controller on the motherboard. This controller sends a signal to an LED connector that connects to the light on the case. There are a number of possibilities, but the most likely is that there is a short where the LED connector connects to the motherboard. Chances are that this is a minor glitch and will not result in a loss of hard drive performance.\n\n[It's just a thought, but are you sure you're not looking at the power on light?]
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1) I am assuming you have tried turning the machine off (by unplugging it at the mains, and by turning off the off button) and then turning it on again?  I am also assuming you have checked CAREFULLY that all the cables are plugged into the PC and the screen properly.  They fall out so easily when you are playing games or attaching joysticks or whatever.\n\n2) If the pc starts to start up but doesnt get very far, there is probably a hard disk drive problem in which case you need to use the set up menu to start up the machine in safe mode or by booting to a CD.  To get to the setup menu, try turning it off again, hold down the Esc key and turning it on again.  If that doesnt bring up something on the screen try step 2 using the F1 or F8 key instead of the Esc key.  Once in the setup menu, you need to find the menu that allows you to change how the pc boots up (different on all pcs sorry I cant help you further - you may have to look up the pcs manual) and set it to boot up from a CD instead of the hard disk.  Then insert a CD into the CD drive and restart your PC.  It should boot up from the CD and will prompt you to help you get your PC up and running again, hopefully.  Otherwise F8 is sometimes a troubleshooting option. \n\n3) If this doesnt work, it sounds like your screen is not showing input - in which case someone probably accidentally hit the overhead projector key - most laptops have a special key combination that switches the screen to display on an overhead projector - you will need to check the manual for the pc for this key - but it usually is F8 or Ctrl+F8 (i.e. press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the F8 key).  Try this to see if you then get some screen output.
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Check the battery..Go buy a new Battery.. See if it boots up then..If it dosent then it looks like a computer doctor is needed.Could be costly. If its an old one. it might pay you go buy a newer one.
509629
It's either your power cable/power adapter, a bad power connector on the motherboard, or a bad CPU/CPU fan. I had a dell inspiron something or another and my power connector on my motherboard broke so it would not turn on unless I had it a certain way but as soon as I moved it or bumped it, it would shut back off. If it doesn't power on, I'd say get rid of the Dell and go with something more reliable like HP, Toshiba, or Sony (just to name a few) Look on ebay or tigerdirect, or hp/gateway/etc for used laptops.  Good luck with fixing the hunk of junk from Dell.
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First of all if you've checked that the monitor is still plugged to electricity and won't work, I recommend you to take it to a specialist, so it will give you a solution.
6754
You might have to send it back to HP.  Parts like laptop displays aren't as available as pc parts.
487632
check out your power box in it ..may be its has got some problem.
659011
Very interesting.  it sounds like the wiring leading to the power light or possiblely the battery could be the problem  \nif you can afford it replace the battery  (I recommend Lithiom Ion) (Li ion)
311853
Ok my friend, first calm down, then dont worry about the laptop for now. I agree with Winvin that u need to take out the hard drive which has all ur important information in it. go to your nearest computer store and explain them what happened. the best thing would be an External Hard drive reader designed to read laptop size hard drive. you can retrive all the things in it and re save it on the desktop computer hard drive. then exess them from it\n\nORR... u can buy an other laptop similar to the one u r using and swap hard drives!!! return that laptop later. Goodluck\n\nThe reason for this might be internal problem inside the laptop, not power or batt.