My Lenovo laptop won't turn on

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timothysmith1205

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I know there are a lot of threads about this already, but I have tried literally all of the solutions and none of them have worked. So I'm hoping there might be a few more to try.
My laptop crashed recently when I plugged in an external DVD drive. It is unable to turn back on.
The charging light comes on when I plug it in, and when I turn it on, the power light comes on. The fan does not start, and I can feel the HDD heat up over long periods of time while it is on.
I have plugged it into an external monitor and it didn't detect any video input. I plug an external optical nouse into it and that light comes on. When I plug an external keyboard into it, the lights there do not come on.
I have tried the take battery out and press power button, approach. I have tried booting it on AC power.
 
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Okay, so here's what to try. There wasn't a whole lot of reason to take the laptop apart since more than likely, the motherboard fried.

First, I assume you have had both the battery and power supply unplugged from the laptop at the same time? (And the DVD reader as well). And, while you have it apart, pull the CMOS battery for a few minutes.

Second, keep hard drive removed, and remove the wifi module as well.

Now, with that all that done, do you have one stick of RAM or two? If you have two, try booting the laptop with one stick out at a time (take one out, boot with the one in it, if nothing then swap the sticks and try again).

The honest to god truth is, your motherboard probably got fried.

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Also,Did a Little more checking and a friend of mine said his Brother had the same Problem with his Leveno Lap.he took it for repair and the Soultion was as they said”Bios is Frozen” So I dug for Leveno bios Freeze and Came up with this Russian who speaks good english.it shows him shorting the Bios Battery to unfreeze the bios,Check it out,might give you a few Idea’s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-A8v257cA
Frank
 
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