 Fatal Crash - Overheating? |
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 May 2 2008, 12:01 AM
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1) Does this diagnosis sound correct? Would you suspect overheating, or something else? 2) If I did overheat my hard drive, do I have any chance of recovering the data? Thank you all. Pete |
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May 2 2008, 06:54 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 12-February 08 From: Illinois Member No.: 189,860 |
very well could have been overheating. After its cooled when you try and start it do you hear any fans kicking on or see any sign of life aside from the power light?
If the HDD doesn't spin up on a cold start then i would venture to guess that getting data out of that particular motherboard/HDD combo is pretty slim, if you have an enclosure you could run it as an external on another system and possibly extract it that way. But wait for someone that has more laptop experience. |
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May 2 2008, 09:34 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 281 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Hull England Member No.: 129,329 |
hi,,, if there's vital info on the hdd and you are not botherd about paying money to retreive it then there are a few sites that can help with this,,, i googled your problem and came up with these,,,
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...earch&meta= you can narrow the search down to closer to where you live and give it a try,,, good luck with your problem. -------------------- Figgis,,,, LUFC
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May 2 2008, 12:23 PM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 5,419 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
If it was overheating it should eventually boot back up. At least for a little while. It should also, at least, boot to the startup screen, without a hard drive. Just to clarify, the screen stays black and you don't hear a single beep or a series of beeps?
-------------------- Mark
 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around |
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May 2 2008, 02:46 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 1-May 08 From: 80841 Member No.: 206,574 |
The power light is still the only sign of life after turning it on. It doesn't put out any noise at all - no beeps, no fans, no spinning.
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May 2 2008, 06:32 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 5,419 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Is the connection where the power cord plugs into the back tight or can you wiggle it around? The lid switch could also be stuck/broke
-------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around |
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