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does HDD work at bootup..
The laptop power button shows green, but the third light (HDD) does not light up.. the monitor is also pitch dark/black..
does that confirm that the boot up is not happening?
vista on SONY VGN 220E
vaio-HD.bmp
does that confirm that the boot up is not happening?
vista on SONY VGN 220E
vaio-HD.bmp
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Thethical, as Teargas alluded, BIOS did not kick in at all..
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>>maybe the cpu died
a cpu can 'die'? or do you mean mobo?
a cpu can 'die'? or do you mean mobo?
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>>try connecting the laptop to an external monitor just to exclude it's not the notebook monitor. If it doesn't work it could be that the motherboard died, even if you have a green light...
it won't show anything on an external monitor either.. does that tell 100% that mobo is gone?
it won't show anything on an external monitor either.. does that tell 100% that mobo is gone?
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>>You can also try to reset bios.
how do you do that?
how do you do that?
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thanks Guys.. this is so helpful.. will be useful in other case also.
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yes, i could not see any thing dramatic.. it was all quiet from the day it was let to sit and a couple of weeks later when the monitor came in..