So, basically, I'm having an issue getting my laptop to start up.
I had taken it apart to clean it, and once I put it back together it wouldn't start up. Before I had taken it apart, it worked fine, but would get hot. The reason I took it apart was to remove the dust from the fan.
Here's the problem:
I press the power button, and all the lights come on. The fan starts spinning, and before the screen can come on, it shuts down. It doesn't attempt to restart itself.
A couple of times, it got as far as displaying the 'HP' logo on the screen with the "F12 for Setup, Safe Mode, etc., but never past that, except for one time that I left the HDD out and it displayed "No operating system found..."
I have tried:
Removing the CMOS battery for a while
Removing one of the memory chips
Cleaning and putting new thermal grease on the CPU
If anyone has experienced this, or similar, and has any idea how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.
I had taken it apart to clean it, and once I put it back together it wouldn't start up. Before I had taken it apart, it worked fine, but would get hot. The reason I took it apart was to remove the dust from the fan.
Here's the problem:
I press the power button, and all the lights come on. The fan starts spinning, and before the screen can come on, it shuts down. It doesn't attempt to restart itself.
A couple of times, it got as far as displaying the 'HP' logo on the screen with the "F12 for Setup, Safe Mode, etc., but never past that, except for one time that I left the HDD out and it displayed "No operating system found..."
I have tried:
Removing the CMOS battery for a while
Removing one of the memory chips
Cleaning and putting new thermal grease on the CPU
If anyone has experienced this, or similar, and has any idea how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.