Lights come on but nobody's home.
Hello Everyone,
I'm working on a neighbors Laptop and things have gone from bad to worse. I think it has to do with Power Settings but can't figure out how to fix it. The Laptop will power on every time you push the power button, but it only boots up about 1 out of 5 times. When it does boot, it works but if it goes into sleep or hibernation it won't come out of it. I don't see anywhere to adjust these settings in bios.
It will not re-start. I went through the procedure of a factory restore with 4 CD's and it did not restart...now I get NTLDR is missing, press control alt delete to restart. It wouldn't restart before this either.
Here are the Specs: hp pavilion dv2000, amd turion 64 x2, 1600 mhz, 1gb ram, BIOS F.3D
Thank You!
Phil W.
I'm working on a neighbors Laptop and things have gone from bad to worse. I think it has to do with Power Settings but can't figure out how to fix it. The Laptop will power on every time you push the power button, but it only boots up about 1 out of 5 times. When it does boot, it works but if it goes into sleep or hibernation it won't come out of it. I don't see anywhere to adjust these settings in bios.
It will not re-start. I went through the procedure of a factory restore with 4 CD's and it did not restart...now I get NTLDR is missing, press control alt delete to restart. It wouldn't restart before this either.
Here are the Specs: hp pavilion dv2000, amd turion 64 x2, 1600 mhz, 1gb ram, BIOS F.3D
Thank You!
Phil W.
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The other option is to go to the hard drive manufacturers web site and download thier diagnostic tool
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Thanks for all of your responses. To answer the question about the lights, it seems the hard drive light blinks four times....sometimes five. Thanks for the link to hp diagnostics!
I ran the HD test within the bios and it tested ok.
I have ubcd4win, so I will try that too.
Will get back to you later this weekend.
Thanks again,
Phil W.
I ran the HD test within the bios and it tested ok.
I have ubcd4win, so I will try that too.
Will get back to you later this weekend.
Thanks again,
Phil W.
ASKER
Okay, although hard drive diagnostics from the bios and ubcd said the hd was okay, it still didn't sound good to the ear and replacing it seems to have done the trick.
Thanks to all of you!
Phil W.
Thanks to all of you!
Phil W.