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Laptop not turning on

#1 Axegrinder

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Posted 06 May 2009 - 03:19 PM

Hi guys my mother is having issues with her laptop in that its not turning on, you press the power button and the fan spins up to full speed for about 5 seconds then turns off, also the screen doesnt come on, this happens with the power cord in or out, this is weird as it was working fine a couple of days ago.

Laptop is a:

HP NC6000
Pentium M 1.6ghz
512mb RAM
120GB HDD
Win XP

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#2 Johnny Boy

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Posted 06 May 2009 - 03:59 PM

sounds like a bad motherboard(assuming laptops power supplies are built onto the motherboard, not seperate like in a tower PC)..

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#3 Sneakycyber

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Posted 06 May 2009 - 05:46 PM

Does the status LED show the battery charging? Does it act any different with the battery removed? If you have access to a Multimeter what output if any does the battery and the power cord (the jack that plugs into the laptop) show?

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