Question Wife's laptop not turning on

[krevan88]

Wife tried turning on her laptop tonight, and it's failing to boot. When she pushes the power button, it lights up like it's starting, and then immediately shuts down. Has tried this multiple times and it seems to shut off faster each time. Nothing comes on the screen in this time. It's at most 3s before it shuts off.

 

[Saga Lout]

My wife used to do this. Your lady may be holding the On/Off button just enough to make the system start and stops again.

Try a light touch.

 

[krevan88]

It's definitely not that. I tried multiple times and pressed for less than a second each time. Lights up and then shuts off almost immediately.

 

[AlHuneke]

Probably time for the repair shop. I assume you've tried it both with external power plugged in and battery only? The fact that it shuts down so fast likely means that the processor is not even starting up which means there is no way to run a diagnostic. If there was a problem with the boot drive, that should be reported on the screen. What make/model is your laptop?