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    Question Samsung boots only sometimes

    Hey! I have a weird issue. My Samsung 350V5C-S05CZ boots only sometimes. Like one of 10 times when I turn it on. Sometimes it boots 2times in a row and sometimes it doesn´t boot even after 20th time. When it doesn´t boot Leds turn on, fan is working, but screen remains black. It seems like...
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    Battery charges intermittently, BUT had work done on damaged post...so..

    Dropped my 2010 Toshiba Satellite laptop L655-S5153 EXACTLY on charging post corner, forcing post back into computer, destroying my charger connector plug at the same time. (sad face). Paid mobile repair guy to fix it. He replaced the band (cable?)w/post, a part from another Toshiba like mine...
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    Sony Vaio VPCYB35AG does not POST/BOOT

    Yesterday it's battery was low so it's LED was blinking, as I was going home already I long pressed the Power button to turn it off. But upon trying to turn it again, only its LED is now turning on, there is no indicator that the harddisk is active (checked the harddisk and it was fine) as it's...
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    Samsung 350v5c does not boot

    Hi there, my laptop will not boot. I press the power button, light comes on. Fan will start. It does not appear to do a POST. Screen stays absolutely black. I cannot get into the BIOS. There is no output from the HDMI so I am assuming the screen is OK. I have swapped the memory about and it...
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    Compaq Presario CQ56 Won't Boot

    I have a Compaq Presario CQ56 that a customer brought in, first there was no sign of power to the screen, I did some troubleshooting and decided to reflow it. Now, the screen comes on, but shows nothing but a black screen, no caps lock blinking, and wireless card light is solid orange. I've...
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    Acer Aspire 5560 will power on but no POST - black screen

    My Acer Aspire 5560 laptop (AMD/WIN7 64-bit) shows an indicator light on the power button when it's pressed. You hear the DVD drive engage for a moment and the hard disk drive indicator light will flash for an instant. Nothing else happens. No sound or visual of any other equipment operation or...
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    Black screen wont POST/boot unless pressure in specific spot - Ground issue?

    My friend owns a Sony PCG-7L1L and has a problem. If he presses the power button the power/hdd lights come on as if there is activity but it remains a black screen. If he presses down in a certain spot, above the hdd bay, and holds that pressure it will go through the boot up process and he...
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    Laptop won't POST - straight to Intel PXE ROM

    Hey guys, Running a Toshiba laptop (Satellite L655). I was in Windows 7 trying to install SP1 in Windows Update, but it gave an error. I searched on the net and it said the Win7 partition needs to be marked active, so I did that in Disk Management and did Start>Restart. I figured worst case...