Samsung N145 netbook problem

[morky1966]

I have a Samsung N145 netbook. I closed the lid to take netbook home from work, but now I cannot get it to respond. There is only the standby light on (blue) . I cannot get it to respondany other way. Has the hard drive been damaged ?

 

[kenrivers]

It doesn't mean the hard drive has failed. It is a problem with being in standby mode. Have you tried connecting the power adapter to see if anything happens? You could try holding down the power button forcing a shutdown and then restarting the computer. I take it that it does not respond if you press the power button or by pressing any key or swiping the touchpad.

 

[morky1966]

I've powered the netbook off, and tried restarting but always seems to go into standby mode. There is no disc activity at all. However, I removed the hd and placed it into a caddy. I can read everything on it when I connect it to another computer.

I think that may point to a problem with the motherboard. Anyone else had similar problems ?

 

[morky1966]

Solved it :

Did a CMOS reset.

To the right of the memory chip, there is a piece of take covering 2 round contacts (has the word reset on motherboard).
Shorted these 2 with a screwdriver.
Turn netbook on, everything running ok.

Found this fix online somewhere for another laptop problem...

 

[DamienDavis]

Solved it :

Did a CMOS reset.

To the right of the memory chip, there is a piece of take covering 2 round contacts (has the word reset on motherboard).
Shorted these 2 with a screwdriver.
Turn netbook on, everything running ok.

Found this fix online somewhere for another laptop problem...

Hello there morky1966,

I believe that my flatmate has the exact same issue with her Samsung NP-145.

Basically she left her computer on, the battery drained (and the laptop possibly went into hibernate) and then went away for 1 month.

She came back from holidays, tried to switch on, the blue "power" light stays on, the blue "hard drive" light also comes only but goes off after say 2 seconds. Nothing at all on the screen...

Tried connecting via VGA to a monitor in case the screen has gone but nothing either.

This is when I started Google'ing and came across this thread. Also found a similar solution on another forum:

http/forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=46720

So, now for my issue. I can't seem to work out which two contacts I need to short out with a screwdriver. Tried a few different things but no joy...

You wouldn't possibly be so kind as to take a picture and mark out the above would you?

Kind regards,
Damien.