Laptop won't POST

[AnComrade]

When I hit the power button some lights turn on, the fans spin, the hdd spins, and the optical drive even works. The monitor stays completely black, however. I'm pretty sure that this is not simply a monitor problem because even after waiting a few minutes the caps lock light stays on even when hitting the button. If it were booting into Windows like normal the caps lock would toggle. I've already checked the ram and it doesn't seem to be the issue.

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try these troubleshooting steps that I suggest to others that may help.
- Start by doing a hard reboot, remove the battery and unplug the AC adapter then press and hold the power button for 20 seconds then try booting it up again.
- If this will not work, do test the AC adapter if it's working properly. Remove the battery and power the laptop with just the AC adapter connected and see if it will boot up or not. do also try a different AC adapter that has the same voltage and see if it will work or not.
- Proceed with reseating the RAM's if trying a different AC adapter will not work, remove them all for couple of seconds then put them back in making sure everything is seated properly.
- If it will still not work, connect an external monitor and see if you'll get any display from it. If there's a display on the external monitor that could mean that the problem is the built in display.
- But if there's still no display on the external monitor that means the problem lies in the motherboard.